Accelerated adoption of electric and shared vehicles could save USD 60 billion in diesel and petrol costs while cutting down as much as 1 gigatonne of carbon emissions. Accelerated adoption of electric and shared vehicles could save $60 billion in diesel and petrol costs while cutting down as much as 1 gigatonne (GT) of carbon emissions for India by 2030, says a joint report released today by Niti Aayog. Releasing the report, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said whether ones likes it or not electric vehicles (EVs) will happen in India and this is inevitable. 'So we should drive our own EVs programme, which will enable us to manufacture EVs,'Kant added. He also pointed out that quick volume alone will enable India EVs programme to succeed.

Source: dna May 12, 2017 09:00 UTC