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Exclusive: Electric vehicles battery swapping policy likely to be notified in a month

India's electric vehicle (EV) plans as per Union Budget announcement are on the fast-track. ET Now has exclusively learnt from government sources that the EV Battery Swapping Policy is likely to be notified in the next 15-30 days.

ET Now Bureau

Updated Jul 19, 2022, 00:00 IST

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By Daanish Anand

New Delhi: India's electric vehicle (EV) plans as per Union Budget announcement are on the fast-track. ET Now has exclusively learnt from government sources that the EV Battery Swapping Policy is likely to be notified in the next 15-30 days.

The public consultation process was completed long back & final comments from various ministries have also been received. The nodal ministry is likely to soon give final touches.

ET Now has also learned from sources that only a few changes will be made to the draft policy. The final battery swapping policy is likely to largely be the same as the draft shared by Niti Aayog. The government is likely to implement the policy in one go & not in phases as earlier envisaged.

Sources said that every swappable EV battery will be given Unique Identification Number (UIN). The UIN will help to track & monitor EV batteries. UIN will also be given to battery swapping stations

Battery Management System (BMS) testing is likely to be made mandatory at time of manufacturing. The battery swapping Infra is likely to be in public places like petrol pumps, shopping malls, commercial centres. Government believes battery swapping can bring down cost of EV by up to 50%

EV users are set to benefit from the battery swapping policy both in terms of usage & cost. The users will get flexibility to charge batteries & with lesser range anxiety. The Ministry of Roadways, Transport and Highways in the past allowed electric two wheelers & three wheelers to be sold without batteries.

The draft policy has proposed to offer equal incentives available to electric vehicles that come pre-equipped with fixed batteries based on the kWh rating of the battery.

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