Government softens its stand on the bulldozing policy for automakers in case they fail to adopt Mission EV 2030
Union road and transport minister Nitin Gadkari has softened his stand on the automakers in the country regarding the adoption of Mission EV 2030. Earlier he said that the automakers need to be prepared to be bulldozed in case they fail to meet Mission EV 2030. But, after drawing sharp criticism for this remark from the industry, he said government wants to ensure the companies use cleaner fuel in order to curb pollution level across the country.
As he said, the government is not against automobile industry, but concerned about the alarmingly increasing level of vehicular pollution. He said that the government wants the automobile industry to venture into electric vehicle segment. The alternate fuel technology is also another sector on which government is emphasising.
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According to Mr. Gadkari, government wants the engines to run on ethanol-blended petrol or bio alternate fuel that is expected to reduce the pollution level significantly. However, he also cleared that his government will stick to its plan to introduce zero emission pure electric mobility across the country by 2030. Mr. Gadkari also suggested the auto industry to venture into the public transport sector.
While Indian government has been advocating repeatedly in favour of pure electric mobility across the country by 2030, it is yet to provide any clear roadmap to reach the target. The automakers and automotive component makers too are repeatedly asking for the clear roadmap to implement the strategy. Therefore the confusion regarding the way to implement this plan remains is still there.
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There are several other problems also in implanting the all-electric mobility across the country. Pricing of the electric cars are much higher in the country compared to the fossil fuel powered vehicles. Therefore the customers don’t have any concrete reason to show interest towards EVs. Apart from that, EV charging infrastructure in India is something needs to be developed.