₹600 for 1K km: Gadkari proposes Rs 3 EV charging
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari proposed that electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in Maharashtra should charge Rs 3 per unit at night and Rs 5 during the day, aiming to encourage EV adoption. He suggested using solar power during the day and cheaper night-time electricity to achieve this. At KPMG ENRich 2026, Gadkari shared that 20-25% of attendees owned electric vehicles, predicting this figure to rise to 35-40% in the following year.
He explained that an electric car, with 5 km per unit efficiency, would cost only Rs 600 to travel 1,000 km, whereas a petrol car (15 km per litre) would cost around Rs 7,414, and a diesel car (14 km per litre) would cost approximately Rs 6,522.
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