Green option: Government tender for 3,500 electric powertrain vehicles soon

The Centre is looking at replacing the government fleet of petrol and diesel cars with electric powertrain vehicles, and the exercise will commence with the issue of a tender to procure 3,500 EV units shortly.

Convergence Energy Services (CESL), the state-run company that handles the acquisition of EVs for central and state government departments, said the size of the program could expand as more and more electric vehicles are launched by automakers at the affordable end of the market. Central and state governments have a combined fleet of about 600,000 petrol and diesel cars.