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Fresh consultations with stakeholders on battery swapping policy soon

The objective of the meeting is to streamline the standards for battery-swapping technology, ensuring compatibility across various EV models and charging stations

India will also extend incentives to electric vehicles running on swappable batteries based on their kilowatt-hour capacity under a new or existing subsidy program. (Photo: Bloomberg)
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The Centre is planning to initiate fresh consultations to finalise interoperable standards for battery-swapping policy of electric vehicles (EVs), Business Standard has learned. As part of this endeavour, the Ministry of Heavy Industries will hold a meeting on September 29 with industry stakeholders.

The objective of the meeting is to streamline the standards for battery-swapping technology, ensuring compatibility across various EV models and charging stations.

“The meeting is called to bring all the industry stakeholders together on battery interoperability standards. We want to bring the revised battery-swapping policy soon,” a senior government official said.

The Ministry of Heavy Industries has invited representatives from

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