The Chandigarh Administration approved the city’s first electric automobile coverage draft for 5 years that will come into impact from April 1, 2022.
The Draft Electric Vehicle Policy, 2022, aims to make Chandigarh a “Model EV City” by attaining one of the maximum penetration of zero-emission cars among all Indian towns in a length of 5 years.
The draft of the EV coverage might be withinside the public area for a length of 30 days for inviting hints and remarks from all of the stakeholders in addition to the overall public of the union territory earlier than the coverage is cleared.
The Chandigarh Electric Vehicle Policy has made the availability to incentivize the adoption of EVs along with electric-powered bicycles, -wheeler, three-wheelers, electric-powered shipment cars in addition to four-wheelers, passenger and business.
The incentives might be over and above the vital government’s FAME II subsidy that extends to the relevant cars withinside the country. Customers who need to avail of incentives will purchase and check in the vehicle in Chandigarh.
Under the draft policy, the incentives to shop for electric-powered cars consist of waiving the registration fee. Meanwhile, EVs are already exempted from avenue tax in Chandigarh until 2024.
Moreover, business EVs along with -wheelers used for last-mile shipping must convert to an electric-powered fleet with the aid of using March 31, 2024. This will consist of cab aggregators as well.
Buyers can avail of an incentive of ₹ 5,000 consistent with kW on the electric-powered-wheelers situation to a most of ₹ 30,000.
The incentive stands at ₹ 10,000 consistent with kW on electric powered motors up to ₹ 1.50 lakh (up from the earlier ₹ 75,000). An incentive of ₹ 30,000 might be given on the acquisition of e-three-wheelers, e-rickshaws, e-motors, and more.
The draft coverage additionally indicates capping the wide variety of petrol and diesel-wheelers and three-wheelers every12 months in the UT. The four-wheelers might be phased out in a staged way because of the restrained availability of alternatives and fee range.
The coverage additionally specifies a hundred percentage waiver on parking expenses at Chandigarh Municipal Corporation-run parking plenty for 5 years for all sorts of electric-powered cars.
The Chandigarh Electric Vehicle Policy may also assist create a public charging infrastructure and targets to have at least a hundred public charging stations in the first years.