Author name: Ananta Kar

India sells forty-six different electric vehicle models—yet only six qualify for government manufacturing incentives. This jarring statistic exposes the uncomfortable truth beneath India’s electric vehicle success story: the country is assembling, not manufacturing, its clean mobility revolution. Showrooms brim with electric offerings from Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Tesla, and MG Motor, but scratch beneath the paintwork

The subsidies worked—but their time is up. India’s FAME schemes delivered precisely what they promised: over 1.8 million electric vehicles on the road, thousands of public chargers dotting city landscapes, and a population no longer puzzled by battery-powered transport. Mission accomplished. Yet as FAME II closes its books and PM E-DRIVE takes the baton until

The days of cheque-book environmentalism are numbered. For half a decade, India’s electric vehicle market thrived on government handouts and early adopter zeal—consumers queued for subsidies, manufacturers chased incentives, and policymakers celebrated rising sales figures. But as 2026 approaches, that script is being torn up. The country is pivoting from a subsidy-dependent model to something

The rumble of internal combustion engines is fading across India’s urban landscapes, replaced by the whisper-quiet hum of electric motors. What seemed like a distant automotive fantasy just half a decade ago has crystallised into roaring reality—India’s passenger electric vehicle segment has exploded by 68% year-on-year in the first ten months of 2025, shattering expectations