Author name: Ananta Kar

Forget pure electric dreams—Delhi’s government just lobbed a hybrid hand grenade into India’s EV battlefield. EV Policy 2.0, unveiled March 2026, extends blockbuster road tax and registration fee waivers—previously pure-EV exclusives—to strong hybrid and plug-in hybrid cars priced under ₹20 lakh, potentially slashing Maruti Grand Vitara and Toyota Hyryder prices by ₹1.75-2 lakh. Tata Motors, […]

The electric vehicle narrative in India has acquired an almost ceremonial confidence—FAME-III commitments, Karnataka’s 100-acre EV City, charger benchmarks revised downward by 28 per cent, and a government target of 30 per cent EV penetration by 2030 repeated with the assurance of settled fact. Into this optimism, Tokyo-based Nomura Research Institute has delivered a forensically

Electric vehicle adoption in India has never truly been a hardware problem. The charging stations exist, spread across petrol forecourts, shopping mall basements, highway plazas, and residential complexes. What has consistently failed drivers is the experience of accessing them—a fractured landscape of siloed operator applications, inconsistent real-time data, and payment systems that demand separate accounts

India’s electric vehicle story has long been narrated through two-wheelers—affordable, practical, and increasingly electrified. The premium segment, however, has remained stubbornly inaccessible, with buyers of ₹40-50 lakh vehicles confronting loan-to-value ratios capped at 50 per cent and interest rates between 12 and 15 per cent from risk-averse lenders who treated EV batteries as liabilities rather

India’s electric vehicle ecosystem has vaulted well past its tentative early-adoption phase. The year 2025 marked a genuine infrastructure milestone, with 25,000 charging stations deployed nationwide and FAME-III injecting ₹10,000 crore alongside PM E-Drive’s ₹11,000 crore commitment through 2027. Yet the numbers tell a quietly uncomfortable story: penetration rates remain stubbornly below 8 per cent.

Of all the obstacles standing between India and its 30% electric vehicle penetration target by 2030, the most quietly devastating has been the one inside people’s own homes. Urban apartment dwellers — who represent 60% of India’s housing stock and an even larger share of the income bracket that can actually afford an electric two-wheeler

India’s electric vehicle ambition was supposed to be unstoppable. Backed by ₹10,000 crore in FAME subsidies, a Production Linked Incentive scheme drawing billions in manufacturer commitments, and a government target of 30% market penetration by 2030, the country’s clean mobility story had all the hallmarks of a sector on the cusp of transformation. The reality

A revolution that excludes millions is not a revolution at all — it is a privilege dressed in green. India’s electric vehicle ambition is gathering remarkable momentum, with FAME-III targeting 30% EV penetration by 2030 and charging networks expanding at pace. Yet the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) has sounded a timely warning: