Govt Approves A National Mission On Transformative Mobility & Battery Storage
9 March 2019 3:42 AM GMT
The National Mission on Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage formed by the government on Thursday (February 7) has been given the charge to finalise the framework for a Phased Manufacturing Program (PMP), aimed at localising the production of electric vehicles (EV) and its components within the country.
- The Centre formed the National Mission on Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage on Thursday (March 7)with a charge to finalise the framework for a Phased Manufacturing Program (PMP), aimed at localising the production of electric vehicles (EV) and its components within the country.
- FAME II focuses on the increasing the number of electric vehicles in public transportation, and also encourages local manufacturing of high-quality EV products.
- The committee will comprise secretaries from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Ministry of Power, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Department of Science and Technology, Department of Heavy Industry, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, and director general from Bureau of Industrial Standards.
- Initially, the mission will set up a phased roadmap to implement battery manufacturing at Giga-scale with an initial focus on a large-scale module and pack assembly plants by 2019-20, followed by integrated cell manufacturing by 2021-22.
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