Government of India Approved the National Electric Mobility Mission Plan 2020 in 2013, and the Department of Heavy Industry (DHI) has formulated a scheme namely FAME – India [Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India]. This scehme will implement “demand driven R&D to achieve desirable target specs” to increase domestic capacities of product and technology development aimed at making the xEV market self-sustaining. The Technology development shall be taken up through a collaborative approach with the industry and academia. Accordingly, in order to strengthen and institutionalise the collaboration between the Department of Heavy Industry (DHI) and Department of Science & Technology (DST) in R&D and Technology Development in Electric Mobility, a Technology Platform for Electric Mobility (TPEM) – a joint program of DHI and DST has been set up.
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