China’s Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), Ministry of Science and Technology, and National Development and Reform Commission on March 26, 2019, jointly released A Notice of Further Adjusting Fiscal Subsidies for Promoting New Energy Vehicles. A new energy vehicle (NEV) is a battery-electric, plug-in hybrid, or fuel cell vehicle, and the Notice provides a detailed formula to determine the subsidy due to consumers who buy a new battery electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle in 2019. The Notice outlines tightened requirements to qualify for the subsidy and provide a revised formula to determine the subsidy’s size. Further, it includes guidance regarding the paired incentive from local governments, and a few provisions to enhance the overall effectiveness of the program. The last section of this policy update describes a special provision regarding how the current and new policies connect during the transition period. 

The Notice is the 2020 annual adjustment to China’s decade-long national subsidy program for NEVs. The Notice basically follows the overall design of the policy described in the previous policy update published in June 2019, but there are five major changes: Subsidies are extended for two years, from the end of 2020 to the end of 2022 The technical criteria for qualification are tightened The subsidy size is phased-down For the first time, vehicle price and sales limits are introduced Subsidies for FCVs are replaced by dedicated promotion packages This policy update describes a special provision regarding how the 2019 and 2020 policies connect during the transition period.

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) finalized the New Energy Vehicle (NEV) mandate policy on September 27, 2017. The NEV mandate in China is a modified version of California’s Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate, with goals of promoting new energy vehicles and providing additional compliance flexibility to the existing fuel consumption regulation. This policy applies only to passenger cars and will formally take effect on April 1, 2018. The rule specifies NEV credit targets for two years - 10% of the conventional passenger vehicle market in 2019 and 12% in 2020.   In this update, the document provides a general introduction to working of NEV mandate policy, evaluates the potential impacts of this policy and highlights the major differences between the final rule and the interim proposal.  

Complementing the national, state and city level decarbonisation efforts taken by the government, public and private sectors, this policy brief endeavours to address the most critical operational issue of the availability of a robust EV charging infrastructure needed for electrification of on-demand mobility services,​​ potential costs and savings in cities. This study identifies strategic locations for the installation of EV charging stations in Delhi, through scientific modelling and a data-driven approach, that is required to meet the same ride-sharing demand with a fully electric fleet. The framework developed in the study can be applied to other cities. By strategically locating charging stations along high-demand corridors within a city, the government can also ensure high utilization of the charging stations. Overall, through the adoption of e-mobility, a city can witness a reduction in air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions while reducing costs and increasing pay-offs for both drivers and transport network companies. The study also focuses on the fact that e-mobility reduces reliance on import-dependent fossil fuels at the national level, making the country energy secure.   

The automotive sector is currently at the centre of a global transformation, driven by four key trends - electrification, autonomous driving, sharing and connected cars. This Policy Contribution investigates the position of the European automotive industry and envisages that the industry will have to move into higher gear to meet the global – notably Chinese – competition. This policy contribution formulates a broad policy framework for the deployment and production of electric vehicles in Europe, combining demand and supply-side instruments. While Europe cannot follow China in the adoption of centrally-planned industrial policy measures, it can do more to stimulate the transformation of its automotive industry through more ambitious policies.

This Policy Update was rolled out in the context of the Chinese central government’s decision to phase out its decade-long subsidy program for NEVs in 2021. The proposal essentially would add a new NEV credit program to the existing corporate average fuel consumption regulation for passenger cars overseen by MIIT. The following summary provides an overview of the key elements of the proposal.

On June 19, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) jointly proposed new standards to reduce the fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions of new heavy-duty vehicles, tractors, trailers, and engines. The new Phase 2 regulations would be implemented from model years 2018 to 2027, building upon initial standards that cover model years 2014 to 2018. This policy update provides a summary of some key aspects of the proposed rules.

As demand and investments in the Electric Vehicles (EVs) sector are severely hit due to disruptions caused by COVID-19, FICCI has suggested to the Government, a series of measures to ensure continuity of the EV growth roadmap and achievement of the targets as envisioned by the Government for the sector in the next decade. These suggestions have been submitted to NITI Aayog, Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and other relevant authorities in the Government.

The Research and development division of the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) under Ministry of Power, Government of India released a list of electric vehicle charging stations/ public charging infrastructure (EVCS/ PCI) that lie under the jurisdiction of discoms/ licensee/ PSUs.

This report provides the details of the discussion points of the meeting corresponding to all the Terms of the Reference and the recommendations of the Committee on Technical Aspects, set up by the Ministry of Power regarding Electric Vehicles on 2nd January 2018, to address the issues and draw the roadmap for setting up charging infrastructure.