with more people preferring cng variants now the gap between cng and diesel cars has also been reducing a car dealer said in 202021 maharashtra saw sales of 10363 cng vehicles compared to 11785 diesel vehicles however when it comes to petrol despite the huge costs involved there were 143 lakh new petroldriven vehicles registered in 202021mumbai with the petrol price in the city touching a new high of rs 10456 on sunday driving a petrol carsuv now costs mumbaikars over rs 65 per km 550 more than an electric car and 160 more than a cng variant sources in the automobile industry say advt travel by diesel cars has also become expensive in the city it costs rs 5 per kmas the fuel price has reached rs 9642 in comparison driving a cng car costs rs 25 per km and around re 1 for electric vehicle the sources add similar scenarios across the country have led to popular automakers like maruti and hyundai now focusing on rolling out a large number of cng cars this fiscal the government meanwhile wants sales of electric vehicles to further boost after a 115 rise in 202021 and is coming out with a new electric vehicle policy soonwhile cng costs rs 494 per kg across the mumbai metropolitan region every electric charging station gets subsidised tariff from the government at around rs 6 per unitnilanjana bhattacharya a resident of kasarvadavli in thane said people are frustrated with the rise in petrol and diesel prices recently i witnessed a huge rush of new cng cars at the refuelling outlets he addedwith more people preferring cng variants now the gap between cng and diesel cars has also been reducing a car dealer said in 202021 maharashtra saw sales of 10363 cng vehicles compared to 11785 diesel vehicles however when it comes to petrol despite the huge costs involved there were 143 lakh new petroldriven vehicles registered in 202021those owning fleets of aggregator cabs like ola and uber are now purchasing cngrun sedans instead of diesel also there is a demand for hybrid cng petrolcng cars which save operational costs and are good for intracity drive said s k raut a car dealer advt those owning fleets of aggregator cabs like ola and uber are now purchasing cngrun sedans instead of diesel also there is a demand for hybrid cng petrolcng cars which save operational costs and are good for intracity drives k raut a car dealeras for electric vehicles 885 evehicles were registered this year between january and march while there was a lull in sales due to the second wave of corona in aprilmay the registrations picked up pace since the first week of june and a total 124 evehicles were registered in mumbai and 876 across the state this month a rto official saidmilind shinde an it professional said he had spotted a few electric suvs on the road with green number plates they look good are cheaper to maintain and the overall