Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said the world is moving towards electric vehicles and the Government is working on a road map to ensure all-electric car fleet in the country. The Minister further said that although hybrid cars have cut down the fuel consumption a little bit, India will promote electric vehicles because it is the future. However, he admitted that it may take a little longer to replace existing petrol and diesel vehicles in the country.
“Only electric car by 2030. Existing cars may take a little longer to replace. But the Government is working on a framework to see what we can do on promoting electric vehicle. Niti Aayog is currently tasked with preparing futuristic vision for electric vehicles,” Goyal told reporters at a FICCI event.
On hybrid cars, he said, “It reduced fuel consumption a little bit but the future is all electric cars. I had also recommended to the finance minister that it is not advisable for an intermediate technology which reduces the fuel consumption by a little bit but otherwise that is not the future, the future is all electric cars.”