Top 5 of the FY 2017 State-wise EV sales announced

With the country heading towards electrification by 2030, a state-wise survey of the electric vehicle sales was conducted by the Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicle (SMEV). Gujarat, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra emerged as the top 5 in the list.

The survey was conducted on all two and four-wheeled electric vehicles sold in 2016-2017. It revealed that out of the total EVs sold in the country, 92% were two-wheelers where as the remaining 8% were four-wheelers. Gujarat came in the first position with 4,330 EVs sold. West Bengal with 2,846 sales came in the second position, closely followed by Uttar Pradesh (2,467) and Rajasthan (2,388). Maharashtra came in the fifth position with 1,926 vehicles sold in the same period.

They survey also revealed that Delhi, which initially used to top this list came at the seventh position with only 1,072 vehicles sold. Further, a total of 25,000 EVs were sold in India in 2016-2017. Commenting on the survey, Mr. Sohinder Gill, director of corporate affairs at SMEV, said that the various government bodies and industries must work together with the implementation as well as the creation of new policies regarding the pollution and emissions of greenhouse gases.