EV policy set for booster charge
The Tamil Nadu government is all set to give a fresh charge to its electric vehicle (EV) eco-system by updating policy in February. The new policy has taken cues from other top EV hubs such as Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka. This includes demand-side incentives, a wider range of supply side carrots, incentives for charging infrastructure, as well as policy nudges to transform the current pool of diesel light commercial vehicles into electric.
Nearly all of this is in line with what stakeholders have been demanding. “The new policy needs to subsidise retrofitting of two- and three-wheelers. This will encourage the large number of internal combustion engine (ICE) three-wheelers to switch to electric,” says IIT Madras professor and EV evangelist Ashok Jhunjhunwala.
