Delhi govt's EV target for 2024: 25% of new vehicles to be electric

State govt to have technology-agnostic approach for charging

The Delhi government targets having a fourth of the vehicles registered annually — public and  private — to be electric by 2024 as it seeks to curb vehicular pollution in one of world’s most polluted cities. This is part of Delhi’s soon-to-be-announced electric vehicle (EV) policy, said an official familiar with the matter.

An estimated 700,000 to 800,000 vehicles are registered in Delhi every year. Automobiles account for 40 per cent of particulate matter (PM) and close to 80 per cent of the NOx emissions, according to a study by The Energy Research Institute (TERI) last year. With its EV policy,