Pakistan to start local EVs assembling this year
July 30, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Under the clean and green initiatives of the government, Pakistan is going to start local assembling of electric vehicles (EVs) by this year, Minister for Energy Hammad Azhar said on Thursday.
The minister said this while addressing a consultative workshop titled “Scaling up Electric Mobility in Pakistan” that was jointly organized by the National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (NEECA) and the UNDP. He said the assembling of the electric motorbikes has already started in the country.
Last year, Pakistan introduced the Electric Vehicles Policy 2020-2025, targeting a robust electric vehicle market having a 30 per cent and 90 per cent share in passenger vehicles and heavy-duty trucks by 2030 and 2040 respectively. In this policy, new incentives to promote EVs adoption were introduced. Customs duties and sales tax on EVs have been reduced that would help accelerate this transition towards cleaner and efficient mobility, he said.