Islamabad: The city’s first electric vehicle charging station recently became operational, a news source reported on July 27. The station had been installed a few days prior to its operationalisation at the Pakistan State Oil (PSO) petrol pump in F-7 Markaz.
The officials concerned made the electric vehicle charging station functional after completing the supply, installation, and commission of the electric vehicle charger for PSO. To this effect, Federal Minister for Science & Technology Fawad Hussain stated the opening of the charging station would encourage the use of electric vehicles as future transportations.
The minister revealed that there would only be 1% duty on the establishment of electric vehicle manufacturing units in the country. He added that his ministry was working on a policy to shift the vehicles on battery in the future.
The government passed the electric vehicle policy on June 10 – originally approved by the Prime Minister in November last year. The goal of this policy is to reduce air pollution and control climate change. The policy aims to bring half a million electric motorcycles and rickshaws, along with over 100,000 electric cars, buses, and trucks, into the local transportation system within the next five years. As per details, the government plans to have at least 30% of all vehicles running on electricity by 2030.
