Indian government set to buy 10,000 electric Tata Motors cars

In a bid to start replacing petrol and diesel, the Indian government has said that it will buy 10,000 electric cars from Tata Motors.

According to Reuters, the new vehicles will be used to replace government cars over the next three to four years.

The number of vehicles used by government agencies at the moment stands at 500,000.

Tata Motors will supply the cars in two phases starting in November. Nissan and India’s Mahindra & Mahindra had also bid for the contract.