Delhi Government to soon make retro fitment services for electric vehicles completely faceless
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Government, in another step to make all transport services completely faceless for the citizens of Delhi, is soon going to make Electric Vehicle (EV) retro fitment services completely faceless. With this move, Delhi will become the first city in the country to bring this service in faceless mode for its citizens. It will also benefit a large number of Diesel vehicle users who would want to convert their vehicles in electric mode. In June 2022, Delhi Government had already come up with an order to allow petrol and diesel vehicle owners to convert their vehicles into electric vehicles through retrofitment. It had already launched a new portal to bring in both customers and agencies who are involved in the process of retrofitting vehicles on a common platform.
As a step to make EV kit retrofitment faceless, the module for retrofitment of Electric Vehicle (EV) Kit in Diesel vehicles has been made online on the Vahan Portal to enable the citizens of Delhi to get their old diesel vehicles retrofitted with EV kit by the Retro Fitment Centre.
The citizens can avail this service through following steps:
1. Visit a Retro Fitment Centre (RFC), authorised by Delhi Govt, for installation of the EV kit in your diesel car.
2. The RFC will upload the information of the EV kit installed in your diesel car on the Vahan portal; the same will be verified by the respective zone’s Regional Transport Office (RTO) official.
3. Currently, the citizen will have to take the vehicle for one time inspection at the RTO office. After verification of the vehicle, the details of the same will be updated on the Vahan portal for Alteration (EV kit endorsement) by the official.
This service will go fully faceless soon, where the user will not have to visit the RTO but shall be taken care of at the Retro Fitment centre.
4. Fill an online application for alteration of vehicle; Upload the required documents and pay requisite fees.
5. Once approved, a new RC with endorsed EV kit will be delivered to you at your doorstep.
Faceless services were started on trial on 19th Feb 2021 and was officially launched on 11th August 2021 by Chief Minister of Delhi, Shri Arvind Kejriwal when physical RTOs were locked in Delhi. Citizens avail all the transport services from the comfort of their homes without visiting the Zonal Offices of the Department. There are 47 faceless services under the Transport department. From the start of trial in February 2021, more than 21 lakh Delhiites have availed services of Transport department under Faceless services.
In order to give a big push to electric mobility in the city, Delhi Government will now bring a new faceless service where you can get your diesel vehicle retrofitted with an electric vehicle kit at your home from an authorised dealer. This will enable the citizens to keep plying their vehicles older than 10 years (earlier diesel) on roads which were earlier barred citing NGT orders which restricts any 10+ year old Diesel and 15+ year old petrol vehicles to ply in the city.
Delhi’s Transport Minister Shri Kailash Gahlot said, “Under the leadership of Chief Minister Shri Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi will be the first state to launch a faceless service for EV retrofitment for the vehicles. Citizens can soon get their vehicles converted into electric vehicles at the comfort of their homes. In our bid to make Delhi an EV capital, we have been consistently bringing out new interventions and initiatives which can help in fast adoption of electric vehicles.”
As a step to make EV kit retrofitment faceless, the module for retrofitment of Electric Vehicle (EV) Kit in Diesel vehicles has been made online on the Vahan Portal to enable the citizens of Delhi to get their old diesel vehicles retrofitted with EV kit by the Retro Fitment Centre.
The citizens can avail this service through following steps:
1. Visit a Retro Fitment Centre (RFC), authorised by Delhi Govt, for installation of the EV kit in your diesel car.
2. The RFC will upload the information of the EV kit installed in your diesel car on the Vahan portal; the same will be verified by the respective zone’s Regional Transport Office (RTO) official.
3. Currently, the citizen will have to take the vehicle for one time inspection at the RTO office. After verification of the vehicle, the details of the same will be updated on the Vahan portal for Alteration (EV kit endorsement) by the official.
This service will go fully faceless soon, where the user will not have to visit the RTO but shall be taken care of at the Retro Fitment centre.
4. Fill an online application for alteration of vehicle; Upload the required documents and pay requisite fees.
5. Once approved, a new RC with endorsed EV kit will be delivered to you at your doorstep.
Faceless services were started on trial on 19th Feb 2021 and was officially launched on 11th August 2021 by Chief Minister of Delhi, Shri Arvind Kejriwal when physical RTOs were locked in Delhi. Citizens avail all the transport services from the comfort of their homes without visiting the Zonal Offices of the Department. There are 47 faceless services under the Transport department. From the start of trial in February 2021, more than 21 lakh Delhiites have availed services of Transport department under Faceless services.
In order to give a big push to electric mobility in the city, Delhi Government will now bring a new faceless service where you can get your diesel vehicle retrofitted with an electric vehicle kit at your home from an authorised dealer. This will enable the citizens to keep plying their vehicles older than 10 years (earlier diesel) on roads which were earlier barred citing NGT orders which restricts any 10+ year old Diesel and 15+ year old petrol vehicles to ply in the city.
Delhi’s Transport Minister Shri Kailash Gahlot said, “Under the leadership of Chief Minister Shri Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi will be the first state to launch a faceless service for EV retrofitment for the vehicles. Citizens can soon get their vehicles converted into electric vehicles at the comfort of their homes. In our bid to make Delhi an EV capital, we have been consistently bringing out new interventions and initiatives which can help in fast adoption of electric vehicles.”
