Last November, a college student in Dwarka spent ₹247 on a single day of petrol and auto-rickshaw rides — morning classes, then a coaching centre in Rajouri Garden, then back home. She did the maths on the back of her notebook. That one day, repeated five times a week across eight months, added up to more than ₹79,000 a year just on getting from one place to another. Two months later, she bought an Omaha Starling Neo from a dealer in West Delhi. Her monthly travel cost dropped to roughly ₹300 worth of electricity. She still carries that notebook.
Stories like hers are becoming common across every corner of Delhi. And there is a reason they keep multiplying.
Delhi has more than 75 lakh two-wheelers on its roads — roughly 67 per cent of every vehicle registered in the city. That is not just a traffic problem. It is the single biggest reason the capital's air stays dangerously polluted even outside winter months. The Commission for Air Quality Management has said it plainly: transport is the most prominent pollution source within Delhi, and two-wheelers make up the bulk of it.
The Delhi government is not waiting anymore. Under the new Delhi EV Policy 2.0 — officially notified on 30 June 2026 and effective from 1 July 2026 — no new petrol two-wheeler will be allowed to register in Delhi after 31 March 2028. That is less than two years away. For anyone buying a new scooty today, the choice between petrol and electric is no longer just about saving fuel. It is about buying something that will still be relevant three years from now.
And to make the switch easier, Delhi is offering the most generous EV subsidies in the country right now: a ₹30,000 direct purchase subsidy on electric two-wheelers in Year 1, a 100 per cent road tax and registration fee waiver, and an additional ₹10,000 scrapping incentive if you retire an old BS-IV or older petrol two-wheeler. Combined, a Delhi buyer can save up to ₹40,000 or more on a new electric scooty — before you even count the daily fuel savings.
This is exactly why the demand for an affordable, dependable electric scooty in Delhi has gone through the roof. And Omaha Electric is right at the centre of it.