Imported electric cars worth millions meet accident ahead of launch

South Korean cars were going to be introduced for the first time in Pakistan, says police official

NAWABSHAH:

A trailer loaded with around a dozen expensive electric cars overturned on the National Highway near Sindh’s Nawabshah district on Friday.

Police officials said the vehicle was on its way from Karachi to Lahore when it flipped over in the Dino Machine area. As a result, not only the trailer but the cars it was carrying were damaged, they said.

The environment-friendly vehicles, a police officer said, were imported from South Korea and going to be introduced in the country for the first time. The value of each car is estimated to be around Rs9 million.

The footage of the spot showed the trailer and other vehicles turned turtle on the highway.

In December last year, the federal cabinet had approved Pakistan’s first electric vehicle policy.

The Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy and the Mobile Manufacturing Policy were endorsed by the federal cabinet following their approval by the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on December 16.

The government is also considering establishing a separate electric vehicle (EV) board, similar to the Engineering Development Board (EDB), in a bid to promote environment-friendly vehicles in the country.