India aspires to be energy-independent by 2047, the centenary year of its freedom. This entails a promising multiple fuels policy and ambitious targets for electric vehicles as well as ethanol blending in petrol and biodiesel. The recent launch of hydrogen buses or Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEVs) by Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri further strengthens India’s vision of energy security. In order to achieve the net-zero target by 2070, almost 95 per cent of road freight must move to electric and/or hydrogen. In this article, we calculate the potential of hydrogen in India’s mobility sector and how it can learn from the electric vehicle (EV) roll-out.