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.

·       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. 

·       This FAME India Scheme is aimed to encourage all segments of vehicles. 

·       There are two phases to the program Phase I was launched in 2015 and concluded on March 31, 2019.

·       Phase II: began in April 2019, and is expected to be finished on March 31, 2022.

·       The scheme includes Hybrid & Electric technologies like Mild Hybrid, Strong Hybrid the plug in Hybrid & Battery Electric Vehicles.

·       Monitoring Authority: Department of Heavy Industries, the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. 

·       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. 

·       Create a charging infrastructure to charge electric cars. 

·       In order to address the issue of pollution to the environment and fuel security. 

·       Key Features in Phase 2: Focus on the electrification of public transportation system, which includes shared transportation. 

·       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. 

·       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. 

·       For the 2Wheel (W) segment where the emphasis will be on private vehicles. 

·       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. 

·      The 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.

·      The establishment of charging stations is also planned on major highways linking cities with major clusters.

·      Along these roads stations for charging will be set up at both ends of the roadway, at approximately 25 kilometers each.