This notification of Draft Battery Waste Management Rules, 2020 was published by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) on 20th February 2020.

This notification of Central Motor Vehicles (10th Amendment) Rules, 2018 was issued by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) regarding Green number plates for electric vehicles.

The ‘Telangana Electric Vehicle & Energy Storage Policy 2020-2030’ builds upon FAME II scheme being implemented since April 2019 by Department of Heavy Industries, Govt. of India, where it also suggested States offer fiscal and non-fiscal incentives to further improve the use case for adoption of EVs.

This Policy Brief document is the translation of the original policy New Energy Vehicle Industry Development Plan (2021-2035) into the English language (provided by Sebastian Ibold, Xia Yun and Xiao Shuyue of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH) and published on November 02, 2020.

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change released this notification on 27th November 2020 listing the members of the ‘Apex Committee for Implementation of Paris Agreement (AIPA)’ as constituted by the Central Government. All the activities and functions of the Apex Committee are duly mentioned in this notification.

Abstract

This policy brief by the International Transport Forum (ITF) highlights the most effective way to decarbonise urban passenger transport with the integration of Shared vehicles, powered by clean electricity, with existing public transport.

On January 1, 2017, China implemented an updated subsidy program for battery electric vehicles (BEVs); plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), including extended-range vehicles; and fuel cell vehicles (FCVs)—together commonly called new energy vehicles (NEVs). A jointly issued policy update on December 29, 2016, by China’s Ministry of Finance (MOF), Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), and National Development and Reform Commission detailed the updated program design and adjusted subsidy amounts. The current policy, which will be valid through 2020 (called 2017–2020 Policy Adjustment hereafter), represents the sixth adjustment to the original policy introduced in 2009. The 2017–2020 Policy Adjustment details subsidies for manufacturers rather than end-users and features the phase down of a national subsidy, tightened vehicle qualification requirements, improved incentive design, and robust anti-fraud and enforcement measures. Details of the new policy and a comparison with other markets are also included in this document.

On June 25, 2020, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) adopted the final rule for new standards that require the sale of zero-emission heavy-duty trucks (HDTs). The Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) rulemaking finalizes standards that were initially proposed on October 22, 2019, and strengthened in a revised proposal on April 28, 2020. The regulation requires manufacturers to sell increasing percentages of zero-emission trucks, is expected to reduce the lifecycle emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs), eliminate tailpipe emissions of air pollutants, and foster a market for zero-emission HDTs. This HDT regulation is one of a series of rules that aim to advance climate and air quality strategies in California, which requires state-wide GHG reductions of 40% below the 1990 level by 2030. The sales requirements in the ACT are complemented by series of fleet purchase requirements, such as the Innovative Clean Transit rule for buses, which goes into effect in 2023 and requires 100% zero-emission bus purchases by 2029. This policy update summarizes key elements of the ACT rule and provides a regulatory context in California, the United States, and other major vehicle markets. 

In order to attract increased investments in charging infrastructure, policy interventions are needed that can improve the economics of EVs and charge, including reducing cost hurdles and other barriers. In the absence of government policies, insufficient charging infrastructure often presents a challenge for stakeholders. This factsheet presents recommendations on economic and policy drivers for scaling-up EV charging infrastructure to support a robust EV market in India for 2-wheelers, 3-wheelers, ride-hailing vehicles, and private buses. The preliminary results and findings presented in this factsheet are based on the model analysis of the Hyderabad EV ride-hailing taxi example. The analysis and policy recommendations from this example are indicative of the other vehicle segments. Since the analysis was conducted in 2019 and before the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the vehicle segment use cases have had reduced ridership, such as shared mobility and ride-hailing taxis.