Pune: Electric vehicle registration, both two-wheeled and cars, will continue to see a large surge in this financial year, after a significant increase in the last fiscal, compared to 2019-20.
The figures of the Pune (RTO) regional transportation office stated that while e-Bike registration surged more than 95% in the last financial year, compared with 2019-20, e-Cars registration witnessed a large surge of more than 400% over the same period.
As of September this year, e-bikes registration has exceeded the last fiscal registration with almost 17%.
E-bikes producers say registration will increase further in this financial year and in 2025, Pune will have almost 10 lakh e-vehicles.
The two-wheeled electricity with an electric motor is 250 watts or less does not require RTO registration.
“Even though some concerns about charging points remain there, it hasn’t stopped people to buy EV.
The first buyer, besides those who have a gasoline run bike, come to us.
In 2018, we sold only 20 units in Pune and now sales have approached 2,000, “said Sunil Chacko, President Wardwizard based in Vadodara, which is an e-bike manufacturer.
It opened a showroom in Kothrud on Friday.
“Our infrastructure regarding filling points ready on the drawing board.
To implement it, any manufacturer will require a large number of on-road vehicles.
We reach that stage quickly in Pune.
The government has a plan, where the gas station owner needs to make space and regulate at least One charging point.
With a doubling sales in the past six months, we asked the state government to implement the subsidy announced, “Chacko added.
Deputy cm ajit pawar, who is the main guest in the inauguration of the e-bike showroom in Kothrud, said that the direction has been given to Maharashtra State Road Transport Transport Corporation (MSRTC) to buy only CNG buses or e-bus and do not buy diesel-run buses .
At present, the entire MSRTC fleet is around 20,000 buses running in Diesel.
MSRTC is the process of getting an e-bus, but the pandemic has delayed the plan.
Shreyas Dixit, a Pune-based dealer, said the shortcomings of global chips had an impact on the EV sector too.
“There has been a supply delay, but the impact on electronic vehicles (EVS) has not been large like many companies that have ready models,” Dixit said.
Registration of e-vehicles in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad increased by 114% and 117% respectively, in July, compared to June this year.
There was a decrease that was ignored in August.