Prices of EVs to be equal of petrol cars in 2 years, says Nitin Gadkari

Prices of all electric vehicles (EVs) will be equal to the cost of petrol vehicles in the country within two years, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said in Lok Sabha on Thursday.

Gadkari also said MPs can buy electric vehicles once a charging station is installed in Parliament premises.

“I will assure all the honourable members that within two years the cost of electric two-wheelers, electric three-wheelers and electric four-wheelers will be equivalent to the cost of petrol vehicles and the country will change,” he said during Question Hour.

The minister said the government’s policy is import substitute, cost-effectiveness, pollution-free and indigenous production.