Science & Technology
Indias campaign towards
electric vehicle (EVs) has been renewed in the year phase II of the Faster
Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid and) Electric (FAME) Vehicles program in
India that has an investment of approximately Rs10,000 crore was approved in
the year 2019.
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FAME India is a part of the National
Electric Mobility Mission Plan. The main goal for FAME is to promote
electric vehicles by offering incentives.
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This FAME India Scheme is aimed to
encourage all segments of vehicles.
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There are two phases to the program Phase
I was launched in 2015 and concluded on March 31, 2019.
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Phase
II: began
in April 2019, and is expected to be finished on March 31, 2022.
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The scheme includes Hybrid & Electric
technologies like Mild Hybrid, Strong Hybrid the plug in Hybrid & Battery
Electric Vehicles.
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Monitoring
Authority: Department of Heavy Industries, the Ministry of Heavy
Industries and Public Enterprises.
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Fame India Scheme has four areas of focus
the development of technology Demand creation charging Infrastructure Pilot
Projects Goals of the FAME Scheme: Facilitate rapid adoption of hybrid and
electric vehicles through offering an incentives upfront on the purchase of
electric vehicles.
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Create a charging infrastructure to charge
electric cars.
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In order to address the issue of pollution
to the environment and fuel security.
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Key
Features in Phase 2: Focus on the electrification of public
transportation system, which includes shared transportation.
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This phase is designed to help by
providing subsidies for around 7000 e-Buses, 5 million e-3 Wheelers, 55000 E-4
Wheeler Passenger Cars , and 10 , 000 e-2 Wheelers.
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In the 3-Wheel (W) as well as 4-Wheel (W)
segment, incentives will apply primarily to vehicles that are used for public
transport, or used for commercial use.
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For the 2Wheel (W) segment where the
emphasis will be on private vehicles.
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To promote modern technologies, the
advantages of incentives will be extended to vehicles with the latest
batteries, such as one that is a Lithium Ion battery as well as advanced
batteries.
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scheme calls for the development of charging infrastructures, in which around
2700 charging stations will be set up in cities, additional cities with a
population of more than a million smart cities, and cities in Hilly states
throughout the country, in order to provide the availability of at least one
charging station on the grid comprising 3 km by 3km.
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establishment of charging stations is also planned on major highways linking
cities with major clusters.
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