Delhi leads EV charge in India’s clean air push but not everyone goes with flow

In an affluent neighbourhood in Delhi" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="623" data-entity-type="location">New Delhi, electric vehicle charging stations near a popular shopping area were busy with drivers powering up their scooters, trucks and cars.India’s capital city is in dire need of more charging facilities, EV drivers say, to implement an ambitious plan to phase out petrol vehicles in one of the world’s most polluted cities.“Charging facilities are not up to the mark yet,” said Shyam Singh, a marketing executive who owns a two-wheel electric scooter, adding that it was hard for long-distance drivers to switch to EVs because the current battery range was not enough.