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Urban mobility firm Uber said on Friday that the timeline for converting its bike taxi fleet in Delhi-NCR to electric should be the same as that for the food and grocery delivery fleet.The US-based ride-hailing company said in a blog post that “steep and infeasible” EV mandates in the proposed aggregator policy risk killing the bike taxi sector. According to the state’s draft aggregator policy, 100% of the bike taxi fleet should be electric by the second year of the policy coming into effect and any new onboarding should…

Last Updated: February 22, 2023, 11:45 ISTImage used for Representation (Photo: REUTERS)The aggregator policy for two, three and four-wheelers is in its final stages and will be rolled out soon, Transport Minister Kailash GahlotThe aggregator policy being finalised by the Delhi government proposes to allow only electric two-wheelers to ply as bike taxis, officials said on Tuesday.The aggregator policy for two-, three- and four-wheelers is in its final stages and will be rolled out soon, Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot…

Last Updated: September 26, 2022, 22:27 ISTThe metre down fee of taxis is likely to increase from Rs 25 for 2 km to Rs 40. (Photo: PTI)With rising operation costs due to increase in fuel prices, auto and taxi unions have been demanding an increase in fare. Cab aggregators like Uber and Ola are not bound to follow government fixed fares as they do not come under taxi and auto scheme of the city, a transport department official saidDelhites will soon have to shell out more money from their pocket to pay for taxi and auto…

The Delhi government has launched an open database facility for EV charging and battery-swapping stations on its Switch Delhi portal to bring all the electric vehicle players on a single platform. The database will enable open access to more than 2,500 charging points in Delhi, as on date, to all EV players who can further develop platforms to provide seamless information about charging and battery-swapping stations to all EV users in Delhi, officials said. "In 2021, the Delhi government came up with an open database for…

Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said the government has set a target of having one charging point in a radius of three kilometers. He also said the Delhi government lost two important years due to the Covid pandemic, but it will be able to achieve the target of 25 percent of electric vehicles among total vehicle registrations by 2024. "The most important target is to create a good network of charging stations. Delhi already has more than 2,000 charging stations. Around 100 charging stations are being created. We…