{"id":6100,"date":"2024-06-14T02:23:11","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T02:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/?p=6100"},"modified":"2024-06-14T02:23:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T02:23:11","slug":"maharashtra-hopes-to-persuade-amazon-uber-others-to-go-electric-faster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/maharashtra-hopes-to-persuade-amazon-uber-others-to-go-electric-faster\/","title":{"rendered":"Maharashtra hopes to persuade Amazon, Uber, others to go electric faster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maharashtra will offer companies like<u>Amazon<\/u>.com Inc and<u>Uber<\/u>new incentives to electrify their delivery fleets ahead of a 2025 target for cleaner air, its <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/environment-notes-for-state-psc-exams\">Environment<\/a> minister told Reuters.<br \/> Maharashtra is an important market for <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/e-commerce\">E-Commerce<\/a>, ride-hailing and food delivery companies. Last year, it set a target for such companies <div class=\"telegram-channel-container\">\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/pscnotes2025\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"telegram-channel-button\">\r\n            <span class=\"telegram-icon\">\r\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 496 512\">\r\n                    <path fill=\"white\" d=\"M248,8C111,8,0,119,0,256s111,248,248,248s248-111,248-248S385,8,248,8z M362,177L320,367c-3,14-10,18-20,14l-56-41l-27,26 c-3,3-5,5-10,5l4-63L323,196c5-5-1-7-8-3l-98,62l-42-13c-9-3-10-9,2-14l162-63C351,160,365,164,362,177z\"\/>\r\n                <\/svg>\r\n            <\/span>\r\n            Join Our Telegram Channel\r\n        <\/a>\r\n    <\/div> to electrify 25% of their fleet by 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Companies the state is likely to approach in the next month include Amazon, <div class=\"youtube-subscribe-container\">\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCNHT8lW-JmLC68rjBfZhdkg?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"youtube-subscribe-button\">\r\n            <span class=\"youtube-icon\">\r\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\">\r\n                    <path d=\"M549.7 124.1c-6.3-23.7-24.8-42.3-48.3-48.6C458.8 64 288 64 288 64S117.2 64 74.6 75.5c-23.5 6.3-42 24.9-48.3 48.6-11.4 42.9-11.4 132.3-11.4 132.3s0 89.4 11.4 132.3c6.3 23.7 24.8 41.5 48.3 47.8C117.2 448 288 448 288 448s170.8 0 213.4-11.5c23.5-6.3 42-24.2 48.3-47.8 11.4-42.9 11.4-132.3 11.4-132.3s0-89.4-11.4-132.3zm-317.5 213.5V175.2l142.7 81.2-142.7 81.2z\"\/>\r\n                <\/svg>\r\n            <\/span>\r\n            Subscribe on YouTube\r\n        <\/a>\r\n    <\/div> Uber, Walmart&#8217;s Flipkart, Softbank Group-backed ridesharing firm Ola and food-delivery companies Zomato and Swiggy.<br \/> The push comes weeks after New Delhi, issued strict draft rules for companies to get a licence on condition that a certain <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/percentage\">Percentage<\/a> of their new fleet is electric.<br \/> 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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