Need to ensure 100% renewables energy to tackle climate crisis: Experts

With the national Capital recording a rise in the registration of electric vehicles, some environmentalists raised doubts whether the transition to EVs will actually help fight the global climate crisis in the long run and said there is an urgent need to opt for renewable energy alongside it.

Since electric vehicles rely on regular charging from a local electricity network, it is quite obvious that coal is being used at another source, one of them said. According to official data, there are 1,39,945 registered electric vehicles in Delhi as of March 21, 2022. This year electric vehicles accounted for more than nine per cent of all vehicles registered in the national capital, up from nearly three per cent in 2018.