Definitions and criteria for EV vehicles in FAME II

The confirmed definitions and the criteria for EV vehicles under the second FAME policy.

Autocar Pro News Desk By Autocar Pro News Desk calendar 29 Mar 2019 Views icon44500 Views Share - Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to LinkedIn Share to Whatsapp
Definitions and criteria for EV vehicles in FAME II

On March 1, 2019, the government of India finally outlined and announced the details of the second phase of the much-awaited electric vehicle promotion/adoption policy. For vehicles to avail subsidy under the scheme, the criteria limited the maximum cap on all categories (except buses) to 20 percent of the cost of the vehicle.

To further confirm the road map to an efficient electric vehicle ecosystem under the recently announced Rs 10,000 crore FAME II policy the government has released a notification that elaborates on the technology definitions and the performance and efficiency eligibility criteria for electric two-wheeler, three-wheeler and four-wheeler category.

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