BMW calls for temporary import duty cuts on electric vehicles in India

The government needs to reduce import duties on electric vehicles temporarily to help generate adequate volumes for automakers to start manufacturing locally, said Vikram Pawah, President at BMW Group India.

BMW India – which is set to re-enter the electric mobility space with the launch of three new vehicles over the next 180 days – said it is keen to produce electric vehicles in the country.

“I think what we have been asking the government is to give us a three years window, reduce duties, create demand, then we can localize. Or may be they can give us a quantity window, say for selling 10,000 vehicles or something like that.