Delhi second solely to UP in variety of electrical automobiles registered – EQ Mag Pro
NEW DELHI: Delhi has the second highest variety of registered electrical automobiles (EVs) after Uttar Pradesh.
As of now, a complete of 8.7 lakh EVs are registered throughout states and the mixed variety of EVs in UP and Delhi are about 44% of the entire registered EVs within the nation.
According to the street transport and highways ministry, the entire variety of the registered EVs didn’t embrace the information from Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Lakshadweep since their numbers weren’t captured within the centralised Vahan-Four database.
Delhi authorities was one of many first movers to increase subsidy to encourage folks to go for EVs. While it had put a cap to supply this subsidy to first 1,000 electrical automobiles, there was no such cap for different EVs reminiscent of e-rickshaws and two-wheelers.
In a written reply to a Parliament query, Union street transport minister Nitin Gadkari stated the heavy industries ministry had formulated Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India (FAME India) scheme in 2015 to advertise adoption of electrical and hybrid automobiles (xEVs) to scale back dependency on fossil fuels.
Meanwhile, to push EV penetration, a parliamentary panel has urged the central authorities to have a reside database of lively charging stations put in everywhere in the nation in order that EV customers can simply find the closest charging station.
Source: TNN
