State intends to make four highways and expressways fully EV ready by 2025The Maharashtra government aims to ensure 10% of all new registered vehicles in its major cities would be electric by 2025, as per the draft of the Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy, 2021. According to the presentation by Transport Commissioner Avinash Dhakne, the policy draft targets all urban agglomerations — Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Aurangabad, Pune, Nagpur. The draft policy also has an ambitious plan to convert 15% of the existing fleet of 18,000 State RTC buses to electric over the next five years. The government has also proposed that starting April 2022, all new government vehicles will be electric across major cities listed under the draft policy. Ashish Kumar Singh, Additional Chief Secretary (Transport), said the policy is awaiting the final nod from the Cabinet.

Source: The Hindu May 27, 2021 11:27 UTC