Ola Electric continues to lead the market with nearly 24.5% market share in November
To be sure, OEMs which are yet to repay the government, have contested the government’s claims and some of them have already taken legal recourse to resolve the issue.
The Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) in India launched the Electric Mobility Promotion Scheme (EMPS) in March 2024
This action follows the ministry’s findings that the phased manufacturing programme (PMP) guidelines were violated by these two companies, the report added quoting senior officials.
With continued government support like the PLI scheme coupled with innovative products, the industry is set to reach 8.5 lakh units in FY 2023-24, analysts say
Hero MotoCorp's Niranjan Gupta said that the company will increase its focus on electric vehicles in the long run, in addition to investing in premium vehicles and digitisation.
In a letter to Minister of Heavy Industries MN Pandey, the Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles (SMEV) said the customers who have taken such subsidies can be asked to return these to the affected OEMs.
To promote electric and hybrid vehicles, a Rs 10,000-crore programme under the FAME-II scheme was announced in 2019.
The government has told four additional EV companies to return subsidies that they incorrectly received and to explain why they should not be disqualified from the FAME scheme, according to the news channel's sources.
Hero Electric CEO Sohinder Gill said the company awaits "any formal communication from MHI towards quickly resolving the subsidy deadlock." The statement comes just days after reports of an investigation ordered by MHI showed the two companies "allegedly used multiple imported components in electric two wheelers, violating norms."
With the sustained demand for electric two-wheelers, industry analysts reckon that the market is set to expand further in the coming months.
Hero Electric and Okinawa allegedly claimed subsidies of Rs 250 crore for imported components, but declared the consignments as being made indigenously, CNBC TV-18 reported, citing sources who are privy to the investigation details.
The company is keen to regain lost market share, having slipped to fourth position from being the third-largest player.
The total number of electronic two-wheelers sold last month was almost double the number of units sold during February 2022 at 35,709 units, and just a notch above 64,595 units sold in January 2023.
The company's products will be equipped with the latest wiring harnesses of Dhoot Transmission under the partnership, it said in a statement.
The government has been the force behind EV adoption with schemes like FAME and PLI, which should be continued for the next few years, a report by Redseer Strategy Consultants has said
Under the partnership, Maxwell will supply more than 10 lakh units of its battery management systems (BMS) over the next three years to Hero Electric, the company said in a statement.
Under the agreement, Hero Electric intends to purchase 5 lakh units of Exicom BMS (Battery Management Systems) per annum.
The data also showed that Ola Electric retained the market leadership position, having delivered 17,279 units of the S1 and S1 Pro electric scooters during December
The company has no plans to get into manufacturing batteries to power electric two-wheelers, preferring to leave that to specialists that spend thousands of crore rupees on research and development every year.
In the current financial year, the E2W industry has clocked a volume of around 4.3 lakh units till November, and with four months left, total sales may fall 20 percent short of the 1 million units projected by both NITI Aayog and SMEV.
As a result of this partnership, Hero will enhance battery safety, reliability, and performance as well as meet the rising e2W demand through an aggressive production line-up.
Under the partnership, NIDEC's electric motors will be deployed on Hero Electric's city speed range of e-bikes with the roll-out of the product expected in February 2023
Industry observers say the surge is largely on the back of multiple product rollouts, enhanced production capacity, wider range of options and the festival season demand
Spread across 170 acres, the Rs 1,200 crore facility will start commercial production by end of 2023