About 13 lakh electric vehicles registered in country: Gadkari

NEW DELHI: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said more than 13 lakh electric vehicles are registered in the country excluding those in Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Lakshadweep.
In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Gadkari said under Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME) Phase-II scheme, 2,877 public EV charging stations have been sanctioned in 68 cities and 1,576 EV charging stations across 9 expressways and 16 highways.
“The number of electric vehicles in the country is 13,34,385 (excluding data of Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Lakshadweep, which is not available in VAHAN 4) as on 14-07-2022 and a total of 2,826 public charging stations are operational in the country, as per the Bureau of Energy Efficiency,” the Road Transport and Highways minister said.