Centre aiming to replace petrol, diesel-powered fleet with EVs soon: Report

With the procurement of 3,500 electric vehicles (EVs) on the cards, the central government is aiming to replace petrol and diesel-powered cars from its fleet with EVs. This could expand more as the automakers launch new models of such vehicles, a report by Economic Times (ET) said.

The ET report quoted Convergence Energy Services (CESL) as saying that the program will expand as and when more affordable EVs enter the market. CESL is the government agency that handles the acquisition of EVs for the centre and the state governments.

CESL Chief Executive Mahua Acharya told ET that the company has received orders for 3,500 vehicles. While currently, the total number of vehicles with state governments and the centre is nearly 600,000.