The good news is that the Delhi government has come up with a workaround for you to bypass this NGT ban. ALSO READ: Five Affordable Electric Cars in India So, if you have an old diesel car, there’s a chance that you can electrify it now. Or in other words, upgrade the combustion powertrain to a zero-emission electric set-up and you’ve got an EV that you can run on the Delhi roads. The process is called retrofitting. And here’s how it can be done:

How to Convert a Diesel Car to an Electric Vehicle

Before we delve into the retrofitting method, know that each vehicle (depending on its size) will get a unique ICE vehicle retrofitting kit. It can be installed in your car by professionals certified by the makers or suppliers of the kits. And not everybody can be a kit manufacturer either. They must have an eligibility certificate from the authorized test body. The Delhi government will be releasing a list of these eligible kit manufacturers. ALSO READ: Electric Vehicle Subsidies Calculations: Find out how much you get from the center and states Once all that’s checked, here’s how to retrofit an electric drivetrain to a diesel car:

  1. All the ICE components of your diesel car such as engine, fuel tank, exhaust, and drivetrain will be removed. So, what’s left are the chassis, lower arm, among a few other things.
  2.  Now it’s time to install an electric motor, a battery pack, a power controller, a recharging system, a high-voltage wiring circuit, and a few other things. Now, the cost of current solutions in the market falls in the neighborhood of ₹1 lakh to ₹4 lakhs with options of a lease in some cases. Although the prices might sound high, note that the overall cost over a period of use would be less since EVs don’t require frequent fuel expenditure.

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