INDIAN AUTO INDUSTRY GIVEN FAIR WARNING OF GOVERNMENT PUSH FOR E-VEHICLES
October 1st, 2017
THE INDIAN automobile manufacturing industry, which already has an annual output of 25 million vehicles, is bracing itself for a comprehensive switchover to electric vehicles, with the government developing clear policy that it wants combustion engines off the country’s roads.
This push has been grounded in a report from the government’s key think tank NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India), which is headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and hence very influential. Its paper, released in May called ‘India Leaps Ahead: Transformative ...
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