Telangana EV Policies

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Status: Notified; Date of Notification: October 30, 2020; Validity Period: 10 years from the date of issue of relevant government resolution

Reduce cost of mobility by increased adoption of electric vehicles
Attract investment in EV and Energy Storage worth INR29,000 crores and provide employment to 1,20,000 people by 2030
Making Telangana a preferred destination for Electric Vehicles, ESS and componnet manufacturing
Support creation of EV charging infrastructure and create market for viable EV charging business
Promote recycle and cascading of batteries
Develop State as global center for cutting-edge research and innovation in EV and battery technologies
Create demand of EVs by providing incentives

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Electric 2-wheelers

100% road tax and registration fee exemption for first 2,00,000 e-2Ws purchased and registered in Telangana Electric 3-wheeler auto rickshaw
100% road tax and registration fee exemption for first 20,000 e-3Ws purchased and registered in Telangana
Retrofit incentive up to INR15,000 / vehicle for first 5,000 3-seater auto rickshaw
Encourage Financing Institutions to provide a hire-purchase scheme at discounted interest rates Electric private goods carrier vehicles
100% road tax and registration fee exemption for first 10,000 electric 3-wheeler goods carrier and electric private goods carrier purchased and registered in Telangana Commercial electric 4-wheelers & private electric 4-wheelers
100% road tax and registration fee exemption for first 5,000 e-4W purchased and registered in Telangana
100% road tax and registration fee exemption for first 5,000 private e-4Ws purchased and registered in Telangana Electric Buses
100% road tax and registration fee exemption for first 500 e-buses
Encourage State Transport Units to purchase e-buses
Battery operated feeder shuttle services at all Hyderabad Metro Stations for last mile connectivity Tractors
100% road tax and registration fee exemption for electric tractors purchased and registered in Telangana

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Capital Investment Subsidy: 20% of investment capped at INR30 Crore for Mega Enterprises.
Interest Subvention: 5.25% for 5 years capped at INR5 Crore.
Transportation Subsidy: 60% with 10% reduction YoY – for 5 years; capped at INR5 Crore.
Lease rental assistance, assistance in patent filing, reimbursement of quality certification costs, cleaner production cost reimbursement, exhibition cost reimbursements, and skill development assistance.
Urban mining of rare materials and cell/ battery recycling shall be incentivised on par with EV & ancillary manufacturing.

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Facilitate setting up the initial batch of fast-charging stations
TSREDCO to establish public charging stations directly or under licensee/franchise/PPP model
Supply of RE based power for EV charging stations and encourage setting up solar rooftop as per Net metering and captive power plants
Charging stations in existing residential townships with 1,000+ families
Charging / swapping stations at every 50 km on prominent highways
Reserved parking and charging points at metro stations and state road transport corporations bus depots for e-2Ws
Night-time community parking with charging facility for shared transport

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EV Research Hub for R&D activities including R&D activities on other emerging mobility trends such as connected and autonomous vehicles
Centre of Excellence for focused research on Battery technologies / management, motors, and controllers
Financial support to start-ups for research and innovation in EV and battery technologies

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The government shall promote reuse of EV batteries in stationary energy storage applications. The government shall enable collaborating between cell/ battery manufacturers, EV manufacturers, energy storage operators & recyclers to ensure efficient reuse & recycling of batteries.
Battery recycling shall be incentivized on par with EV & ancillary manufacturing.

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