Maharashtra hopes to persuade Amazon, Uber, others to go electric faster

Maharashtra will offer companies likeAmazon.com Inc andUbernew incentives to electrify their delivery fleets ahead of a 2025 target for cleaner air, its Environment minister told Reuters.
Maharashtra is an important market for E-Commerce,

ride-hailing and food delivery companies. Last year, it set a target for such companies to electrify 25% of their fleet by 2025.

Companies the state is likely to approach in the next month include Amazon, Uber, Walmart’s Flipkart, Softbank Group-backed ridesharing firm Ola and food-delivery companies Zomato and Swiggy.
The push comes weeks after New Delhi, issued strict draft rules for companies to get a licence on condition that a certain Percentage of their new fleet is electric.
The Maharashtra government has yet

make its offer to the companies and Amazon, Flipkart, Uber, Ola, Zomato and Swiggy did not immediately respond to questions from Reuters about the possibility of speeding up the electrification process.