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Stakeholders raise concerns about high upfront EV costs, limited charging infrastructure<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Govt pushes to scale up EV adoption<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination (MoCC&EC) on Friday held a high-level meeting with electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers and senior officials. The goal was to identify ways to scale up EV adoption and reduce the country’s dependence on fossil fuels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meeting was chaired by Secretary MoCC&EC Aisha Humera Moriani. Discussions focused on expanding EV charging infrastructure, promoting large-scale motorcycle retrofitting, and exploring financing options to make EVs more affordable and accessible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These efforts support Pakistan’s climate goals, which include achieving 30% EV adoption by 2030, as outlined in its 2021 Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Inadequate EV charging infrastructure, especially in urban areas, remains a major barrier,” Moriani said. “Without major investments, the shift to electric mobility will be difficult.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participants stressed the need for strong policy support to convert Pakistan’s large fleet of fuel-powered vehicles \u2014 especially two- and three-wheelers \u2014 to electric. Pakistan has over 37 million fuel-powered vehicles, including nearly 29 million petrol motorcycles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Retrofitting these motorcycles could offer a fast, cost-effective way to cut emissions. “Standardised retrofitting is a scalable solution, especially in the motorcycle segment that dominates Pakistan’s transport landscape,” said Muhammad Asif Sahibzada, Director General (Environment & Climate Change) at MoCC&EC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Industry representatives raised concerns about high upfront EV costs and limited charging stations, particulaarly on highways and in cities. They called for incentives and infrastructure development to support market growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To improve affordability, the ministry is exploring partnerships with financial institutions to offer consumer-friendly EV financing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government is also pushing to shift from imported Completely Built Units (CBUs) to locally assembled Completely Knocked Down (CKD) vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Encouraging CKD production will reduce costs, support domestic industry, and create green jobs,” Moriani said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ministry highlighted the need for a regulatory framework for motorcycle retrofitting to ensure quality, safety, and legal clarity for providers and consumers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reference Link:- https:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/2554312\/govt-pushes-to-scale-up-ev-adoption<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stakeholders raise concerns about high upfront EV costs, limited charging infrastructure Govt pushes to scale up EV adoption The Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination (MoCC&EC) on Friday held a high-level meeting with electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers and senior officials. The goal was to identify ways to scale up EV adoption and reduce the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[11067,4179,20893,132,3987,1809,105,20894,36,19788],"class_list":["post-21288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sample-category","tag-automobile-sector","tag-automotive-industry","tag-chanrging-stations-for-evs","tag-economy","tag-ev-policy","tag-evs-2","tag-geopolitics-2","tag-govt-pushes-to-scale-up-ev-adoption","tag-pakistan","tag-transformation-of-auto-sector-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21288"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21290,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21288\/revisions\/21290"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}