Electric vehicle industry hails move to sell EVs without batteries

NEW DELHI: India’s electric vehicle industry has welcomed the government’s move to allow the selling and registration of electric vehicles without batteries. According to the industry, this would widen opportunities for manufacturers and buyers both.

“Tax rebates will help drive the demand better. This is also expected to reduce the overall cost of acquisition of the product by saving amount in the vehicle registration procedure, thus offering affordability. We look forward to more such industry boosting policies,” said Jeetender Sharma, MD of EV maker Okinawa.