arai is also hopeful that bsvi vehicles will be launched by end of december 2019 as most of the approvals for the same are through officials claim it will be a costeffective move if public private transport adaptthe movement towards materialising electric vehicles is making its presence felt in the country with several automobile giants proposing varied models automotive research association of india arai has expressed its willingness to join this bandwagon by making its own contribution to the sector at present it is working on a technology to convert the petrolrun autorickshaws into electric models advt the primary objective backing this idea is to conserve the fuel by becoming more cautious towards the environment while the organisation aims for this larger goal it is also aware that it may be difficult for people to switch from to the electric medium on an individual level owing to expenses however they believe that citizens will be more adaptive and accommodative if the public and private transport entities make an effort to go electricarai director rashmi urdhwareshe said with the governments push to render 30 per cent of all vehicles in the country into electric ones by 2030 it is essential that consistent and active steps are taken in that direction starting right away while arai also assists other auto firms to bring in their electric vehicles we are now focusing on the threewheeler segment where efforts are being made to convert the autorickshaws into electric modelsshe added that along with this focus of introducing new electric vehicles one must also focus on turning the existing vehicles into electric ones this according to her will not just benefit an individual but will help the country as a whole with regards to costefficiency and for a cleaner and greener environmentthere are several automobile players that the engineering major may tie up with to share expertise to bring in the electric revolution in the country while bajaj and piaggio seem the right pick to contribute to the collaboration given their experience in the autorickshaw now and passenger vehicle sector advt adding to that arai is also hopeful that bsvi vehicles will be launched by end of december 2019 as most of the approvals for the same are through by supriya dedgaonkar pune mirror published on apr 17 2019 at 0749 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app automotive research association of india piaggio auto rickshaw autorickshaws bajaj electric models homenewsindustryarai makes electric