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E-vehicles push will clean up Delhi air?
Delhi will need to register about 5 Lakh new electric vehicles (EVs) to meet the target set in the Arvind Kejriwal government’s draft EV policy in next five years, a report has said.
Nearly 1,000 electric vehicles are expected to be part of the pilot over the next year.
Delhi will need to register about 5 Lakh new electric vehicles (EVs) to meet the target set in the Arvind Kejriwal government’s draft EV policy in next five years, a report has said.
The Policy released last year to kickstart the adoption of eco-friendly vehicles to curb vehicular pollution aims at having 25 percent share of EVs among the new vehicle registrations in the Capital by 2024.
“Over their lifetime, these EVs are estimated to avoid approximately Rs 6,000 Crore in oil and liquid natural gas imports and 4.8 million tonnes of CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions, equivalent to avoiding CO2 emissions from nearly 1 Lakh petrol cars over their lifetime,” said the report “Accelerating Delhi’s Mobility Transition:
Insights from the Delhi Urban Mobility Lab” by the Dialogue and Development Commission (DDC), a Delhi government think tank and Rocky Mountain Institute, submitted transport minister Kailash Gahlot on Monday.
The report proposes 10 actionable solutions to accelerate Delhi’s mobility transition by summarizing discussions and suggestions from a 200-person workshop that was held on June 26-27, 2019 in Delhi to develop sustainable mobility solutions for the city.
“As Delhi looks to take ambitious steps towards inducting large number of electric buses and taking leadership in fighting air pollution, this report will become an important reference point for all our agencies on the various reforms needed to ensure a successful transition to electric vehicles,” Gahlot said.
Jasmine Shah, Vice Chairperson, DDC said, “Investing in clean mobility is investing in the health of the people of Delhi and that is why the government is keen on playing a significant role in catalyzing and easing the city’stransition to electric mobility,” The proposed solutions in the report range from policy, institutional, technical, and financial interventions that can help support rapid adoption of EVs and other urban mobility solutions in Delhi.
