Bajaj Auto, TVS say plan to switch to EVs by 2025 unreal, may impact jobs

Ask why cars aren't being targeted, say India's auto-manufacturing sector which supports four million jobs risks being derailed

Two- and three-wheeler makers have asked the government not to force unrealistic deadlines for the mass switch over to electric vehicles.

The Centre has mandated 100 per cent migration to EVs for three-wheeler makers by 2023 and by 2025 for two-wheeler units.

While acknowledging the government's spirit to demonstrate a pioneer rather than laggard mindset, Rajiv Bajaj, managing director, Bajaj Auto pointed three execution-related concerns.

First, it may be impractical to target such a scale when none of the stakeholders currently possesses any meaningful experience nor any of the pieces of the EV puzzle. Second, the move is ill-timed as the date is