Tamil Nadu amends policy to enable registration of e-autorickshaws, e-taxis

The government of Tamil Nadu has issued an order stating that all passenger vehicles which are battery-operated (like e-auto-rickshaws, e-taxis, and private electric vehicle buses) or passenger vehicles that are driven on methanol or ethanol fuel, shall be issued permits by the Transport Department without a permit fee.

Registration of EVs plying as passenger transport, like e-auto-rickshaws, e-taxis, and EV buses will now commence in Tamil Nadu. Earlier, permits were not being issued to battery-operated passenger vehicles and passenger vehicles driven on methanol or ethanol fuel.