Marking a radical shift towards electric vehicles, the Maharashtra government is planning to register only EVs and vehicles that are powered by carbon emission-free next-generation fuels such as hydrogen from 2030. The state will soon start deregistering petrol and diesel vehicles and completely ban them from 2030, Mint reported, quoting people aware of the development.
Maharashtra introduced the revised Electric Vehicle Policy 2021 earlier this year with the aim to drive in at least 146,000 new battery-operated electric vehicles (BEVs) by 2025, which would make up 10 percent of all new vehicle registrations in the state by then, Hindustan Times had reported. The policy also aims to subsidise 100,000 electric two-wheelers, 10,000 cars, 20,000 goods carriers (both three and four-wheeler), 15,000 e-autos and 1,000 e-buses.
The state government has also entered into an agreement with the Indian arm of the USA-based Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) to provide technical support for faster adoption of EVs in the state.
The new plan to fast-track electrification of vehicles by registering only EVs from 2030 is being led by Aaditya Thackeray, Maharashtra’s Tourism, Environment and Protocol Minister.
The move will help bring down the country’s total projected carbon emissions by 1 billion tonnes in less than a decade and help achieve the reduced carbon intensity target promised at COP26.
India is aiming to reduce the carbon intensity of its economy by 45 percent, a cut of projected carbon emissions by one billion tonnes by 2030.
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