Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, has said that India will get its first electric highway which is likely to come up between Delhi and Jaipur soon.
- The batteries of vehicles travelling on an electric highway or roads are recharged which is regarded as an energy-efficient solution that aids in the reduction of carbon emissions.
- E-highways not only help to reduce fuel consumption and pollution, but they will also greatly assist in increasing the number of people turning to e-vehicles and purchasing them since the lack of charging stations and ports is one of the primary barriers to people acquiring them.
- The world’s first electrified road, which recharges the batteries of vehicles and trucks travelling on it was opened in Sweden in 2018.
- Later in the year 2019, Germany introduced the first electric highway on its motorway system to recharge hybrid trucks.
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