Punjab govt decides to purchase only electric cars from now
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The Punjab government has decided to now only purchase electric cars, and not those powered by petrol or diesel, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
In this connection, Additional Chief Secretary Ahmad Raza Sarwar on Monday viewed electric cars at the Civil Secretariat manufactured by different companies.
An electric car or electric vehicle (EV) is a passenger automobile that is propelled by an electric traction motor, using electrical energy as the primary source of propulsion.
The term normally refers to a plug-in electric vehicle, typically a battery electric vehicle, which only uses energy stored in on-board battery packs, but broadly may also include plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. (PHEV).