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Amid rising pollution, EV sales fall off a cliff in Delhi
Hindustan Times
|November 22, 2024
No incentive, won't buy. That appears to be the message coming through from dismayed consumers in Delhi after the state government failed to renew road tax and registration benefits on electric cars and two wheelers this September.
Result: an unprecedented fall in sales of the eco-friendly vehicles from September to November, even as pollution levels have hit record levels in the capital in recent days.
Data from the government's Vahan dashboard showed that registration of electric fourwheelers in Delhi fell 79% to just 77 units in September compared to 312 EVs in August. October saw sales of 148 units of electric cars, which then crashed to just 56 units in November thus far.
This story is from the November 22, 2024 edition of Hindustan Times.
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