Pakistan: 57 licences issued to EV makers
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Pakistan’s electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem is steadily gaining momentum under the Automotive Industry Development and Export Policy 2021-2026 and to date, 57 manufacturers have been granted licences for producing electric two- and three-wheelers, supported by fiscal incentives, tax exemptions, and reduced charging tariffs aligned with the government’s ‘Clean Green Pakistan’ and ‘Make in Pakistan’ initiatives.
According to the Economic Survey FY25, 13 new manufacturing certificates were issued, and production of EV two- and three-wheelers reached 32,923 units, taking the total production since FY22 to 76,979 units.
Barring a 35pc drop in tractor production to 23,581 from 36,425 units, the growth of the auto industry remained healthy, ranging between 29pc and 88pc, the survey revealed.
Despite gaining momentum, the auto sector’s full supply and demand potential could not be realised due to regulatory challenges.
Reference Link:- https://www.dawn.com/news/1916219
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
