India on e-wheels: EVs are making their presence felt strongly on Uttar Pradesh’s roads but are yet to become personal choices

Uttar Pradesh leads India’s EV revolution with 1.75 million electric vehicles, driven mainly by e-rickshaws and three-wheelers. Yet private adoption lags, as chaotic regulation, power theft for charging and poor infrastructure slow progress, even as e-buses and cleaner air hint at the state’s early e-mobility transition.