February 11, 2025

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Kailash Gahlot, Auto News, ET Auto

Kailash Gahlot, Auto News, ET Auto
Delhi Transportation Minister Kailash Gahlot speaking at ETAuto EV Conclave 2021.

Q. How are you likely to manage electrical energy use which is established to increase with the adoption of EVs?
A. We presently had in depth meetings with the related discoms and with the electrical power minister of Delhi. In the earlier five many years we have strengthened our grids and released the hottest technologies. Most electric cars want right away charging and in the course of evening Delhi normally has surplus electrical power source. These actions will get rid of the hurdles in creating a sturdy EV ecosystem in the point out.

Q. Delhi govt is also setting up to give incentive for scrapping cars. Is it likely to be something over and above the centre’s announcement?
A. The incentives that the Delhi government talks about are around and over those people presented by FAME-II or the central government. In Delhi, the incentive for scrapping a vehicle is all-around INR 7,000 or an equivalent total presented by the producer with a capping of INR 7000.

Q. How do you see the scrappage plan proposed by the central government?
A. The plan is in a very nascent stage. In Delhi we cannot set up any scrapping units mainly because of the current rules. So, most of this sort of units which will cater to the metropolis of Delhi will be in the periphery. States of Haryana and UP have given go in advance for some of the scrapping units in the NCR area. It is way too early to comment, but I would like to enchantment to the proprietors of old cars to switch to electric cars.

Q. The center’s scrappage plan talks about the twenty-12 months lifetime cycle of petrol and diesel cars? Are you content with the lifetime cycle timeline released by the central government?
A. The lifetime of a vehicle is different at different places. In Delhi we have 10 many years for diesel cars and fifteen many years for petrol cars. We have a number of orders of the Countrywide Eco-friendly Tribunal (NGT) and also of the Supreme Court. Over and above that you could have the vehicle but you are not supposed to drive it on the street.

In other states people today are driving cars with a lifetime cycle of twenty many years. In Delhi I’m not positive no matter if we will be capable to overcome the timelines established by NGT and the Supreme Court.

Q. You talked about INR seventeen crore of incentives presented by the Delhi govt. Is this for community or non-public EV potential buyers?
A. This incentive is purely for non-public potential buyers.

Q. What are your options to electrify community transportation?
A. Delhi is the only point out in which the entire community transportation is on CNG. We have presently produced an announcement that we will purchase only electric buses for community transportation. We are in sophisticated phases for the procurement of 1,300 12-meter small-ground electric buses which will be geared up with point out-of-the-artwork features.

In the cluster model the Delhi government has floated tenders for a different 575 electric buses. So, I assume by the 12 months-close we will have about 900-a thousand electric buses on Delhi roadways.

Q. Why are you pushing only electric cars? Is there any choice technologies that you assume can be feasible for the Delhi surroundings?
A. When we thrust new gas technologies for community transportation, we have to be added thorough about basic safety. CNG is presently there and we are bullish on electric vehicle adoption. Delhi has its possess peculiar troubles owing to its place. We are also experimenting with the Indian Oil, and we have expended INR 25 crore – INR 30 crore for setting up 1 of its form Hydrogen CNG plant at a DTC depot. We are awaiting the success of that experiment.

Q. What model are you adopting for charging infrastructure? How are you setting up to appeal to investors to set up an EV ecosystem in the point out?
A. When we speak about charging stations, land is a major issue. The Delhi government has recognized more than 200 land parcels in the metropolis to set up charging stations. Though charging stations will be established up in General public-Non-public Partnership, battery swapping will be completely in the non-public domain. We have educated the non-public investors that land will be presented by the Delhi government and the remaining charging infrastructure will be established up by them. Below the PPP model, the investors worried will have to spend some royalty fascination to the government.