Web Desk(National Times)- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday, alluding to the recent regional situation and spiralling global petroleum prices, underlined the need for the introduction of environment-friendly electric vehicles (EVs) across the country, thus saving the country\u2019s precious foreign reserves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Addressing a ceremony for the provision of eco-smart EVs to the Islamabad Traffic Police, the prime minister said that such energy-saving initiatives should be emulated by all law enforcement agencies and provinces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He observed that a total of 15 electric vehicles were provided by the interior ministry, which ran on batteries without using petrol and oil, while another batch of vehicles would be inducted soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Terming the initiative a significant one, the prime minister said such steps would cast positive impact on the country\u2019s foreign reserves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the occasion, he also congratulated Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and his team for taking this initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Federal ministers, Islamabad police high-ups and relevant authorities were present during the ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier, Islamabad Police Inspector General Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi briefed the prime minister about the initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every vehicle staff will comprise a captain, a male responder, one responder and a driver who will don a special uniform. These vehicles will be available on key avenues of the capital to ensure smooth vehicular flow, it was informed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Each vehicle, after a complete charge, can cover a distance of 350km to 400km. Fast charging requires 60 minutes to 90 minutes, whereas regular charging times vary from 6 to 8 hours. Compared with the vehicles running on petrol, per electric vehicle will save upto Rs0.55 million per month, it was informed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The prime minister was further apprised that these electric vehicles will meet their expenditure incurred on their procurement within 13 to 14 months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Web Desk(National Times)- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday, alluding to the recent regional situation and spiralling global petroleum prices, underlined the need for the introduction of environment-friendly electric vehicles (EVs) across the country, thus saving the country\u2019s precious foreign reserves. Addressing a ceremony for the provision of eco-smart EVs to the Islamabad Traffic Police, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest_news","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n