Delhi is emerging as the “EV capital” of India with sales of electric vehicles (EVs) in the city six times higher than the rest of the country, city transport minister Kailash Gahlot said on Tuesday.
“Delhi’s progressive EV policy has turned out to be a huge success. In the last quarter, EVs have surpassed the sales of CNG and diesel vehicles in Delhi. Between September and November 2021, EVs accounted for 9% of the vehicles sold in Delhi; while the national average is 1.6%. In the last quarter alone, 9,540 EVs were sold in Delhi,” he said.
The Delhi government notified its EV Policy on August 7, 2020. Under the policy, the Delhi government has set a target for EVs to account for 25% of sales by 2024. As part of the policy, Delhi also became the first state in the country to fully exempt road tax and registration fees for all new EVs registered in the city.
