CAFE weight relief for small cars will favour 1 firm: Swadeshi Jagran Manch

Mahajan warns that a sub-909 kg carve-out could distort competition, curb R&D and slow India's clean-mobility goals

The proposed special exemption for petrol cars under 909 kg in the upcoming CAFE-3 carbon dioxide emissions regulation will favour a “single company”, hamper research and development (R&D) and “adversely” affect transition to electric vehicles (EV) in India, said Ashwani Mahajan, national co-convenor of Swadeshi Jagran Manch, an economic think tank affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

 

“The simple conclusion is that relaxing CAFÉ-3 norms for lesser weight cars will actually hamper R&D in India,” he said in a post on social media website LinkedIn.

 

“This sector, which has been showing fairly healthy growth and has also been meeting