India Pushing Electric Vehicles for its Roads
Targets 200 Million Vehicles to be Electric by 2026 Source: New Delhi Street stock image India's Government Sees EV Future India is working on a plan to require that all 2-wheel vehicles, such as mopeds, motorbikes and scooters, be electric by 2026. That is a very big deal. 2-wheel vehicles are the dominant form of transportation in India. Of the 250 million registered vehicles, 190 million are 2-wheel. Global EV Capital The government of Prime Minister Narenda Modi is strongly committed to an EV future. In fact, the government is accelerating incentives to produce and buy EVs. A number of new startups are springing up creating e-scooters, e-mopeds and e-bikes. India has a goal to become a global capital of EV manufacturing. Cleaner, Greener Driving For India much is at stake. It is a huge consumer of crude oil to power the 250 million vehicles, which in turn spew toxic emissions into the air. A recent study indicates that vehicle emissions in