NITI proposes zero EV registration fees, 100% sales from 2030, again
Without the pollution by 2030: India is targeting 100% EV sales by 2030 again, much to the dismay of its automakers | Image credit: Energy Digital
By Editorial Team|June 17, 2019
India’s NITI Aayog has
issued draft rules exempting all categories of EVs from registration fees to boost their
lacklustre sales. The planning body has also proposed – again – that only EVs will be sold in India from 2030.
The move was first proposed in 2017 and revised down to 30% by 2030 in March 2018 after strong criticism from
the auto industry. Maruti Suzuki — India’s largest automaker — has also voiced
its reservations and has pushed for hybrid vehicles till the country is self sufficient in
manufacturing EV components.
Indian EV makers call
for extended localisation timelines, more subsidies per family
India’s EV manufacturers
have asked the Centre to extend component localisation
requirements for EVs by at least 6-9
months beyond April 2020, and up to April 2023 for domestically manufactured
li-ion batteries (instead of April 2021). India is currently far short of any
capacity to supply indigenous components in numbers that can see all two- and
three-wheelers go electric by 2025.
The Centre has also been
requested to extend the subsidy benefit under FAME-II to each two-wheeler bought by a
family/individual, instead of restricting it to just one vehicle, to drive
faster sales.