CM Kejriwal: Delhi has now become the EV capital of the country
New Delhi | Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Tuesday that Delhi has now become the EV (electric vehicle) capital of the country, where maximum number of EVs are bought. Inaugurating 42 ‘charging stations’ in the city, Chief Minister Kejriwal claimed that the pollution level in the national capital has come down since 2014. Kejriwal said, “We started promoting EVs to curb pollution and keeping in mind that the future belongs to them.
We made a policy for EVs in 2020 and targeted that by 2025, one-fourth of all vehicles purchased in Delhi would be electric vehicles. And with a view to rapidly promote EVs in a wider range of goods carriers, the ‘Delhi EV Policy’ was brought out in August 2020.
He said, “…I am happy to inform that 13 per cent of all vehicles purchased in Delhi are electric vehicles. 1.28 lakh electric vehicles have been purchased in Delhi since August 2020.
Delhi CM said that NITI Aayog has also appreciated Delhi’s EV policy. Kejriwal claimed that electricity is provided at the cheapest rates at ‘charging stations’ in Delhi. He said, “The people of Delhi supported us. It has become a mass campaign. We have the largest number of charging stations in the country. One-third of the charging stations across the country are in Delhi.
