All 7,000 e-buses under FAME-II to run on roads in the next year

Mr. Hanif Qureshi, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Heavy Industries, at the Auto Expo 2023 said that all the 7,000 electric buses under the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles in India-II (FAME-II) scheme will run in different cities of the country in the next one year. Out of those 7,000 electric buses, over 3,000 buses are already running in the country.

He stated that the government of India has launched several schemes to promote electric vehicles (EV) in the country in order to reduce carbon emissions. FAME-II is a scheme to promote electric mobility in the country and was approved in 2019. Around 10 lakh e-two-wheelers, five lakh e-three-wheelers, 55,000 four-wheelers, and 7,000 e-buses were planned to be supported by this scheme. In addition to it, a production-linked incentive scheme for manufacturing advanced cell chemistry batteries to strengthen the EV ecosystem of the country has also been launched.

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