In a major shift towards decarbonisation of the transportation sector, the Indian Railways has decided to replace its entire fleet of owned/hired/leased Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) cars with Electric Vehicles.
Rolling out its policy on EVs last week, the railways said it would create vast charging infrastructure at major railway stations, office buildings, parking lots etc. As part of the measures taken to promote e-mobility, the national transporter said it was ideally suited to play a key role in taking forward the Government of India’s mission of promoting EVs.
The railways, which aims to achieve net zero carbon emission by 2030, is implementing various programmes like 100% electrification of broad gauge tracks, sourcing of green renewable power, reduction in energy consumption etc. In its EV policy published on October 7, the railways said it intended to proliferate the use of EVs over its network and support development of EV charging infrastructure.
