Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has termed Delhi as the “EV (electric vehicle) capital of India” as electric vehicles accounted for the second-most bought type of vehicles in the capital in the September-November quarter.
The Transport Department said EV sales were six times higher in Delhi than in the rest of the country. The share of of EVs in Delhi has risen to 9 per cent in the quarter ending November 2021 as against the all-India average of 1.6 per cent.
Just last month, the Delhi government had announced that cars older than 10 years will be allowed to ply in the capital only if owners can get their engines swapped with fully electric drivetrains. The Delhi government plans to empanel various EV conversion kit manufacturers to execute the conversions. In 2015, the environment protection body National Green Tribunal had ordered that all diesel vehicles registered in the state that are older than 10 years be banned. But, diesel car owners can now bypass this ban by retrofitting them with electric kits.
