{"id":69844,"date":"2020-08-29T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=69844"},"modified":"2020-08-28T17:14:34","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T12:14:34","slug":"pakistan-becomes-first-country-south-asia-use-eco-friendly-electric-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-becomes-first-country-south-asia-use-eco-friendly-electric-vehicles.html","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan becomes first country in South Asia to use eco-friendly electric vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Ministry of Science &amp; Technology on Thursday stated that Pakistan had become the first country in South Asia to start using eco-friendly electric vehicles, a news source reported. In its statement, the ministry highlighted that Pakistan was among the countries most affected by climate change and its transport sector was responsible for over 40% of air pollution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-to-have-electric-vehicles-on-road-this-year-minister.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pakistan to have electric vehicles on road this year: Minister<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pakistan recently introduced eco-friendly vehicles. In this regard, Daewoo Express Pakistan and Skywell Automobiles of China signed an MoU for establishing the Electric Vehicles Value China in the country. According to this agreement, both firms will collaborate to launch buses and other vehicles running on electricity, along with creating technical support base in Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to sources, during the project\u2019s first phase, Skywell Automobiles will provide electric buses for the Pakistani market. In the second phase, the company will establish a manufacturing plant for electric vehicles in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-establish-24-ev-charging-stations-control-pollution-energy-minister.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Govt to establish 24 EV charging stations to control pollution: Energy Minister<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Science &amp; Technology has stated that this measure would help grow an eco-friendly system in Pakistan and curb the effects of global warming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Ministry of Science &amp; Technology on Thursday stated that Pakistan had become the first country in South Asia to start using eco-friendly electric vehicles, a news source reported. In its statement, the ministry highlighted that Pakistan was among the countries most affected by climate change and its transport sector was responsible for over 40% of air pollution. Read: Pakistan to have electric vehicles on road this year: Minister Pakistan recently introduced eco-friendly vehicles. In this regard, Daewoo Express Pakistan and Skywell Automobiles of China signed an MoU for establishing the Electric Vehicles Value China in the country. According to this agreement, both firms will collaborate to launch buses and other vehicles running on electricity, along with creating technical support base in Pakistan. According to sources, during the project\u2019s first phase, Skywell Automobiles will provide electric buses for the Pakistani market. In the second phase, the company will establish a manufacturing plant for electric vehicles in the country. Read: Govt to establish 24 EV charging stations to control pollution: Energy Minister The Ministry of Science &amp; Technology has stated that this measure would help grow an eco-friendly system in Pakistan and curb the effects of global warming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":60307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15012,15181],"tags":[38044],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-69844","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allied-industries","8":"category-environment","9":"tag-details-on-pakistan-becomes-first-country-in-south-asia-to-use-eco-friendly-electric-vehicles","10":"cat-15012-id","11":"cat-15181-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pakistan 1st in South Asia to use electric vehicles - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Ministry of Science &amp; 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