NITI Aayog launches platforms to accelerate electric-truck adoption
PACT and the ZET Marketplace will aggregate demand and connect logistics operators with truck makers, financiers and charging providers—potentially helping retailers and consumer brands decarbonise road freight.
What happened
NITI Aayog launched PACT and the ZET Marketplace to aggregate electric-truck demand, link logistics firms with manufacturers and financiers, and improve
Key facts
- Electric freight deployments rose from 201 vehicles in FY25 to 826 in FY26
- More than 3,000 electric medium- and heavy-duty trucks operate in India
- Around 800 heavy-duty electric trucks were sold in 2025
- Heavy trucks are 3-4% of India’s vehicle fleet but generate more than one-third of transport-sector emissions
- Around 70% of India’s freight moves by road
Why this matters
Strategic partnership and investment opportunities may emerge around integrated electric-freight offerings spanning fleet leasing, charging, logistics software and retailer supply-chain services.
What to watch
- Number and geography of truck orders, financing commitments and fleet operators onboarded through PACT and ZET Marketplace.
- Public and private charging deployments for heavy-duty vehicles, especially at logistics parks, industrial clusters, ports and highway corridors.
- Availability of battery leasing, operating leases, credit guarantees and insurance products that narrow the diesel-electric upfront-price gap.
- State electricity tariffs, demand charges and grid-connection timelines for commercial fleet charging.
- Retailer and FMCG announcements committing freight volumes or distribution lanes to zero-emission trucking.
- Evidence that FY26 deployments materially exceed the stated 826-vehicle scaling trajectory.
- Map high-utilisation, return-to-base delivery lanes suitable for electric medium- and heavy-duty trucks.
- Engage PACT and ZET Marketplace participants to benchmark vehicle leasing, charging-as-a-service and route-level total-cost-of-ownership offers.
- Include charging uptime, battery warranty, maintenance response times and residual-value protections in logistics tenders.
- Pilot electric trucks on dedicated DC-to-store, factory-to-DC and port-to-warehouse corridors before expanding to variable long-haul routes.
- Prepare carbon-accounting data to convert lower freight emissions into supplier, investor and consumer-brand reporting value.