Abstract

As the World is facing environmental degradation issues due to large scale emissions of Green House Gases (GHG), a shift from conventional way of living to sustainable standards is needed. Therefore, the world's automobile industry is transforming from hydrocarbon based fuels to environment-friendly technologies. Electric Vehicles (EV s) are a way forward to tackle these issues. Pakistan is now facing a new dilemma as the electricity generation capacity exceeds the demand, unlike before, and an alarming situation of poor air quality index. Transport sector being one of its key contributors. The transition from fossil fuel vehicles (FFV s) to EV s is, therefore, inevitable and a potential way to decarbonize its transport sector, to overcome these abysmal socio-economic conditions. However, effective transition from FFV to EVs could only be realized with EV charging station supplied with electricity from hybrid renewable energy (RE) sources. J amshoro, a district located in Sindh, in this context, is viable location with hybrid RE resources. This paper while providing an overview and prospects of EV s in Pakistan also highlights the hybrid RE resources of district J amshoro towards establishing an EV charging station. This study finding suggests that it is obvious and variable to undertake measures to encourage EV market in Pakistan and establish RE based charging stations across the country as per potential of various locations.

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