Delhi announces plan to phase out petrol scooters and rickshaws, targeting 30% electric fleet by 2030
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Hannah Ellis-Petersen
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Delhi's government has announced plans to ban petrol-powered scooters, motorbikes, and autorickshaws in favor of electric vehicles, aiming to reduce the city's dangerously high pollution levels by 2030. The policy will phase out new petrol and gas two-wheelers and three-wheelers, with the government targeting 30% of the city's fleet to be electric by the end of the decade. The move is being hailed as a potential 'gamechanger' in the fight against Delhi's toxic air quality crisis.
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Delhi's government announced plans to eventually ban petrol scooters, motorbikes and autorickshaws in favour of those running on electricity, in an attempt to bring down dangerously high pollution levels in the city by the end of the decade.
Government hopes for 30% of city's fleet to be electric by 2030, in move hailed as 'gamechanger' on air pollution
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