{"id":12646,"date":"2025-07-05T06:05:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T06:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=12646"},"modified":"2025-07-05T06:05:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T06:05:09","slug":"govt-pushes-to-scale-up-ev-adoption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=12646","title":{"rendered":"Govt pushes to scale up EV adoption"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination (MoCC&amp;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&#8217;s dependence on fossil fuels.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was chaired by Secretary MoCC&amp;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<p>These efforts support Pakistan&#8217;s climate goals, which include achieving 30% EV adoption by 2030, as outlined in its 2021 Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Inadequate EV charging infrastructure, especially in urban areas, remains a major barrier,&#8221; Moriani said. &#8220;Without major investments, the shift to electric mobility will be difficult.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Participants stressed the need for strong policy support to convert Pakistan&#8217;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<p>Retrofitting these motorcycles could offer a fast, cost-effective way to cut emissions. &#8220;Standardised retrofitting is a scalable solution, especially in the motorcycle segment that dominates Pakistan&#8217;s transport landscape,&#8221; said Muhammad Asif Sahibzada, Director General (Environment &amp; Climate Change) at MoCC&amp;EC.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>To improve affordability, the ministry is exploring partnerships with financial institutions to offer consumer-friendly EV financing.<\/p>\n<p>The government is also pushing to shift from imported Completely Built Units (CBUs) to locally assembled Completely Knocked Down (CKD) vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Encouraging CKD production will reduce costs, support domestic industry, and create green jobs,&#8221; Moriani said.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry highlighted the need for a regulatory framework for motorcycle retrofitting to ensure quality, safety, and legal clarity for providers and consumers.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination (MoCC&amp;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&#8217;s dependence on fossil fuels. The meeting was chaired by Secretary MoCC&amp;EC Aisha Humera Moriani. Discussions focused on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12646\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}