Bigger and luxurious electric cars may drive into govt departments

Officials in the ministry of power, members of the finance commission, and officials of power sector companies such as the NTPC and others are using the e-Tigor and e-Verito

The officials in government departments may soon get to ride bigger and luxurious electric sedans. Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), the firm that is purchasing another 10,000 electric cars through a tender, wants to source at least 2,000 big sedans. The second tender has been revised to accommodate this change and the bid deadline has been extended by a month to May 25.

“We have extended the dates of the second electric car tender. While the cars we procured in first tender suffice the government requirements, the whole electric vehicle programme was intended to promote e-mobility in a larger way.