In an affluent neighbourhood in New Delhi, electric vehicle charging stations near a popular shopping area were busy with drivers powering up their scooters, trucks and cars. India ’s capital city is in dire need of more charging facilities, EV drivers say, to implement an ambitious plan to phase out petrol vehicles in one of the world’s most polluted cities. Delhi adopted a new policy on July 1 that aims to make the vast majority of newly registered vehicles electric by 2027. A man charges his electric scooter at a roadside station in Delhi on July 13. Photo: APThe policy provides EV buyers with subsidies and waivers on registration fees and some road taxes, incentives to scrap petrol vehicles, and it offers plans to expand the charging infrastructure.