Automobile stakeholders demand EV board
Officials say Engineering Development Board lacks expertise to manage EVs
First electric vehicle station. PHOTO: TWIITER/@MinistryofST
KARACHI:
The producers and traders of electrical vehicles have demanded establishment of a separate electric vehicle board under the Electric Vehicle Policy.
The Engineering Development Board (EDB) was designed to regulate fuel-based automobiles and it does not have any expertise to manage electric vehicles, said Pakistan Electric Vehicles and Spare Parts Manufacturers and Traders Association General Secretary Shaukat Qureshi He added that EDB was formed more than two decades ago when electric vehicle technology was not present therefore a separate electric vehicle development board was the need of the hour to regulate and supervise the electric vehicle business and industry of Pakistan. In a letter written to the Ministry of Industries and Production, Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Climate Change, he stressed that EDB was irrelevant for electric vehicles.