No plans to set auto firms a deadline for shift to EVs: Gadkari
New Delhi: The government has no specific deadline in mind for automakers to switch to electric mobility or ban production of petrol and diesel vehicles, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Wednesday.
“The shift to electric vehicles will happen in natural progression,” road transport and highways minister Gadkari said in response to a question regarding government think tank NITI Aayog’s proposal to ban production of conventional two-wheelers under 150cc by 2025 and three-wheelers by 2023. The government will, however, continue to promote cleaner fuels without any particular timeline or directive to ban petrol or diesel vehicles, Gadkari told reporters on the sidelines of a press conference.
