Islamabad: Advisor to the Prime Minister (PM) for Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam on Tuesday said that the government had provided its approval to a policy pertaining to the production of cheap and environment-friendly electric vehicles, a news source reported.
He further stated that the executive would announce several incentive packages to facilitate the production of these vehicles – within a time frame of one month. He added that more electric cars would be provided for common use.
He said that the trend of electrical cars should be promoted
since it will reduce carbon emission levels as well as Pakistan’s import bill
for oil. He added that the executive under the said policy would incentivise
manufacturing of batteries and other articles as it wanted local products to
compete with the market.
According to reports, the electrical cars will be able to
carry at least four passengers and will not face any maintenance issues during
the rainy season because of waterproof components – as well as chargeable
batteries instead of oil-based engines.
