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Pave the way to India’s sustainable mobility goals with incentives for cars in PM E-DRIVE
The PM E-DRIVE scheme will do a lot to support India’s EV transition, but with electric cars thus far excluded from subsidies, this blog highlights why including them could help in achieving India’s goals for sustainable transport.
Facilitating electric bus adoption by private bus operators across India
The PM Electric Drive Revolution (PM E-DRIVE) scheme supports EV adoption in India’s public transport, but its exclusion of private bus operators—who run 93% of buses—raises concerns about scaling electric mobility, highlighting the need for policy changes.
Emissions reduction and benefits of the first 3,825 electric buses under PM-eBus Sewa
India’s PM-eBus Sewa scheme aims to deploy 10,000 electric buses across 100 cities and this blog analyzes the greenhouse gas and pollutant emissions avoided by the first batch of electric buses to be deployed, when compared with diesel buses.
India’s electric buses: Spotlight on the Andaman & Nicobar Islands
The Andaman & Nicobar Islands are a great model in clean transportation in India as they plan to transition their bus fleet to 100% electric by 2030 and are using an innovative operational model that could serve as a blueprint for other cities.
Four reasons to double down on investment in R&D for electric vehicles in India
By investing more heavily in research and development (R&D) for EVs, India can further localize production to create jobs, tap export markets to gain global strategic advantage, support electrification of trucks and tractors to meet net-zero targets, and make EVs cheaper and safer.
Need to read vehicular emissions right in India’s National Capital Region
Discusses the findings of a recent ICCT study using remote sensing technology in Delhi and Gurugram.
Maharashtra’s potential to advance transport decarbonization and clean air through low-emission zones
Maharashtra is among the pioneers of low-emission zones (LEZs) in India as its Electric Vehicle Policy, introduced in 2021, tasked six urban agglomerations with creating LEZs.
Can battery swapping accelerate the Indian private bus market’s transition to electric?
As the Indian Government aims to replace 800,000 diesel buses, which make up around one-third of all buses on the roads, with electric ones by 2030, battery swapping can be a potential catalyst for faster adoption of electric buses.
Low-emission Zones – a catalyst for improving transit infrastructure in cities
As cities in India consider similar interventions to address the issue of pollution and traffic congestion, there is a need to assess whether the infrastructure existing in our cities is adequate to support low-emission zones (LEZ).
India’s plan to expand shore power infrastructure at major ports
In Harit Sagar Green Port Guidelines, among the land-based initiatives are electrification of port vehicles and cargo-handling machinery and phased adoption of alternative fuels by trucks that transport cargo. To reduce sea-based emissions, Harit Sagar endorsed the use of shore power and cleaner alternative fuels to operate port crafts.
India needs a policy push to harvest the rich benefits of electric tractors
The blog provides an overview of Tractors India’s corporate strategies, highlighting their commitment to leveraging innovative technologies and customer-centric approaches to enhance their market presence and operational efficiency.
