eautos can complement erickshaws in providing zero pollution lastmile connectivity in delhinew delhi since the launch of the delhi electric vehicle policy in august last year threewheelers have emerged as the highestselling electric vehicles in the capital a total of 5534 new electric threewheelers have been registered and more users are coming forward to make the switchdelhi government is meanwhile running switch delhi campaign focused on generating awareness on the benefits of electric threewheelers along with the benefits offered under the delhi ev policy for those who want to make a switch from ice internal combustion engine vehicles to electric in the second week of the campaign many users environmentalists celebrities and industry leaders have come forward to express their support to the campaign advt transport minister kailash gahlot said we are constantly receiving positive feedback from original equipment manufacturers that a lot of people have expressed interest to make the switch from ice to electric vehicles delhi government has led the way in promoting erickshaws for the last few years by giving a subsidy of rs 30000the transport minister said that under the electric vehicle policy the same subsidy was extended to ecartsloaders and electricautos too scrapping incentives of up to rs 7500 are also available eautos can complement erickshaws in providing zero pollution lastmile connectivity in delhi delhi government will soon bring out a scheme to facilitate easy registration of eautos he addedsubsidies provided by the delhi government on electric autos reduce the total cost of ownership of the electric threewheeler by up to 26 by switching to electric autos an individual buyer can save approximately rs 29000 annually similarly the subsidies provided on an electric erickshaw reduce the total cost of ownership by up to 33 gahlot saidunder the delhi electric vehicle policy 177 threewheeler models are available and eligible for purchase and scrapping incentives across 68 manufacturerssunil kumar who recently switched to ev said the erickshaw earns me my livelihood i received a subsidy of rs 30000 and the registration fee and road tax were waived off under the ev policy i would urge threewheeler owners in delhi to switch to an erickshaw as it would reduce pollution levels while helping you save money another person ravi said the erickshaw is very easy to charge and has a plugandcharge mechanism advt by alokknmishra tnn published on feb 21 2021 at 0205 pm 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 three wheeler delhi eautos switch delhi campaign electric