mumbai an average of 300 electric vehicles evs are being registered daily across maharashtra over the past four months this is an alltime high as compared to the average 141 evs which were registered daily in 202122 revealed latest transport statistics the number of ecars and suvs in the state has also crossed the 10000 markthe statistics showed that 35259 evehicles were registered in just four months of 202223 between april 1 and july 25 against 51423 in the entire financial year of 202122the presence of evs is not just restricted to lowend vehicles even highend luxury cars such as mercedesbenz india which saw huge sales of 1273 vehicles of petrol and diesel variants in 202122 plans to launch an electric car in august mohan mariwala managing director of auto hangar india pvt ltd said with a lot of buyers for the luxury car segment in 2021 we are now receiving bookings for the electric variant which will witness registrations towards the end of this year the new electric cars will have a good range of over 300km which will ensure that a single charge can last an entire day for city trips he said adding there were echarging stations now at pumps on the expressway and in cities such as mumbai and pune which is encouraging more people to switch to evehicles the statistics also showed a good growth in electric twowheelers whose population has gone over 98000 in the state maharashtra too ranked second in the country after up with maximum electric vehicles112 of the total evs sold over 45 lakh vehicles in the country during the previous financial yearwhile the ev sector has gained traction what has worried car dealers is the waiting time for some of the new vehiclesbe it petrol diesel or electricand this is due to the shortage of semiconductors the automotive chip shortage which began during covid19 continues to affect car dealers across all showrooms in mumbai due to the semiconductor issue the order pipeline continues to get wider it has affected every manufacturer and impacted all car dealers in mumbai with long waiting periods which could be as high as six to nine months a car dealer added