Govt softens stance on time frame for transition to electric vehicles

The change in stance follows a strong opposition by automakers of the proposed government plan to ban two-wheelers (below 150cc) and three-wheelers by 2023 and 2025, respectively

The government seems to have softened its stance on the time frame for transition to electric vehicles (EVs). 

The Ministry of Heavy Industries, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, the power ministry, and the NITI Aayog — tasked with the policymaking and implementation of the government’s e-mobility plan — have extended an olive branch to the beleaguered automobile industry by agreeing to a “softer, pragmatic, phase-wise approach”. Under the revised plan, highly-polluted urban cities will be targeted first.

The change in stance follows a strong opposition by automakers of the proposed government plan to ban two-wheelers (below 150cc) and