Overview
- The Delhi government notified the Delhi Electric Vehicle Policy 2026 on July 1, setting phased bans that permit only electric three‑wheelers from January 1, 2027 and stop new non‑electric two‑wheeler registrations from April 1, 2028.
- The policy pairs purchase and scrappage incentives with lifetime road tax and registration waivers and requires OEMs and dealers to install minimum public chargers while designating Delhi Transco Limited as nodal agency and creating a single‑window approvals system.
- AEEE and Kazam published a study based on over 80,000 residential installations that found about 45% of Indian homes need electrical upgrades and that roughly 90% of daily EV charging energy is supplied at home, making household wiring, parking and governance core bottlenecks.
- SBI Research says a 20% EV share by 2030 could cut crude import bills by about Rs 1 lakh crore but warns India’s charging network is limited and uneven with roughly 29,151 stations and only about 30% fast chargers concentrated in a few states.
- Officials and industry now face a short list of implementation hurdles to watch: household rewiring and transformer capacity, approvals from DISCOMs and RWAs for apartment charging, geographic gaps in fast chargers, battery recycling logistics and existing auto‑permit limits that slow fleet turnover.