Electric vehicle policy boosts sales to record high in Chhattisgarh

The Chhattisgarh government’s policy for electric vehicles (EVs) has helped the state register more than 100 per cent growth in sales in the last one year compared to the vehicles sold in a decade, senior officials have said.

Chhattisgarh transport department officials have attributed the state’s EV policy for the push.

The policy, which was introduced in July last year, aims at making the state an EV manufacturing hub, creating employment, and reducing environmental degradation.

According to data received from the transport department, the number of EVs sold over the past decade till July 2022 stood at 33,922.