Telangana | Nearly 50,000 electric vehicles sold in over seven months; tax and other charges exempted

Telangana Transport Department, by means of its electric vehicle policy, gave full exemptions from taxes and other charges to electric vehicles to the tune of ₹369.27 crore.

According to a report card issued by the office of Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar, from November 16, 2024 to June 30, 2025 as many as 49,633 EVs were sold. All of these received full exemptions. As many as 37,305 were two-wheelers; 9,085 were non transport four-wheelers; 11,53 were taxis; 1,245 were autorickshaws and 607 were light three-wheeler goods vehicles.

To provide better transport within the ORR, the Transport Department permitted 20,000 electric three-wheeler autos, 10,000 three-wheeler autos that are run on CNG, and LPG, and another 25,000 retrofitted electric three wheeler autos.