据一位巴基斯坦政府高级官员称，随着油价飙升，放弃燃油汽车变得愈发具有吸引力，巴基斯坦有望提前实现电动汽车普及目标。
Pakistan expects to reach its electric-vehicle adoption target ahead of schedule as surging oil prices make switching away from gasoline-powered cars increasingly attractive, according to a senior government official.
巴基斯坦政府去年宣布的一项政策设定了到2030年电动汽车占新车销量30%的目标。总理工业与生产顾问哈鲁恩·阿克塔尔表示，自中东冲突爆发以来，燃料成本的上涨缩短了买家收回电动汽车较高初始成本所需的时间。
The government aims for EVs to account for 30% of new vehicle sales by 2030 under a policy announced last year. The jump in fuel costs since the Middle East conflict has shortened the time it takes for buyers to recoup the higher upfront cost of an EV, said Haroon Akhtar, adviser to the prime minister on industries and production.
总理工业与生产顾问哈鲁恩·阿克塔尔在伊斯兰堡接受彭博社采访时表示：“我认为，去年我们在电动汽车政策中设定的目标将提前实现，因为油价上涨已将电动汽车的成本回收期缩短至一年至一年半。”
“I feel that the target we had set in our electric-vehicle policy last year, we will achieve it much earlier as rise in oil prices has brought cost recovery of EV to one to one and a half year,” adviser to Prime Minister on Industries and Production Haroon Akhtar told Bloomberg in Islamabad.
他说：“人们现在正意识到其中的好处。你不需要再支付汽油费了。”
“People are realizing the benefit now. You don’t have to pay for petrol,” he said.
尽管巴基斯坦与其他主要石油和燃料进口国一样，有充分动力推动这一进程，但车辆成本和充电基础设施等因素意味着，该国车队和石油消费需求的全面大规模转型仍需数年时间。
While Pakistan has every incentive to push ahead, along with other major oil and fuel importers, factors like vehicle cost and charging infrastructure mean a large-scale transformation of the country’s fleet and oil-consumption needs is years away.
不过，即使是适度的转变也可能带来更广泛的经济效益。根据巴基斯坦统计局的数据，截至2025年6月的一年中，交通运输占巴基斯坦石油消费量的80%，而该国进口了价值159亿美元的石油产品。因此，油价上涨可能会加剧贸易逆差，并对货币和通胀施加压力。
Still, even a modest shift could have wider economic benefits. Transport accounted for 80% of Pakistan’s petroleum consumption in the year through June 2025, while the country imported $15.9 billion of petroleum products, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Higher oil prices can therefore worsen the trade deficit and add pressure on the currency and inflation.
这个南亚国家还正在制定一项新的汽车政策，可能在未来两周内提交内阁审议。阿克塔尔表示，政府正在考虑为电动汽车提供税收优惠，以缩小其与传统车辆之间的价格差距。
The South Asian nation is also preparing a new auto policy that could be presented to the cabinet within the next two weeks. The government is considering tax incentives for EVs to narrow their price gap with conventional vehicles, Akhtar said.
该政策自今年年初起便在讨论之中，但由于关税及出口要求相关的谈判而有所延迟。据阿赫塔尔介绍，目前草案已交由司法部长阿扎姆·纳齐尔·塔拉尔审阅，后者将把最新的建议纳入其中。
The policy has been under discussion since earlier this year but was delayed by negotiations over tariffs and export requirements. The draft is now with Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar, who will incorporate the latest recommendations, according to Akhtar.
阿赫塔尔指出，市场需求正在迅速增长：电动摩托车和轻便摩托车的销量较去年同期增长了两倍，电动汽车销量也翻了一番。不过目前尚无全行业范围内的电动汽车销售数据对外公布。
Akhtar said demand is already accelerating, with sales of electric motorcycles and scooters tripling from a year earlier and electric-car sales doubling. Industry-wide EV sales data aren’t publicly available.
“这是中东冲突带来的影响，因为燃油价格出现了上涨，”阿赫塔尔说道。
“This is an impact of the Middle East conflict as fuel prices have gone up,” Akhtar said.