Question : Electric Vehicles

(a) whether the Government proposes to encourage Electric Powered Car and Scooter manufacturing in the country and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether it is true that there is a huge demand for e-Cars and e-Scooters in the country and if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government has set any target to manufacture e-Scooters in the country and if so, the details thereof;

(d) the total number of Electric Cars and e-Scooters expected to arrive in the market; and

(e) whether the Government has set up any timeframe to open up the market for e-Cars and e-Scooters on a large scale and if so, the details thereof?

THE MINISTER OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES & PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
(SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)
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(a) & (b): Yes, Sir. Department of Heavy Industry (DHI) has formulated a Scheme namely “Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric (&Hybrid) Vehicles in India” wherein one million e-2W and 55000 e-4W is expected to be supported within next three years by way of extending demand incentive to the buyers of e-2W and e-4W.

(c) to (e): No such proposal is under consideration in Department of Heavy Industry.

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