🛵⚙️ “𝐏𝐋𝐈 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝟐𝐖𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭” — 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐂𝐄𝐎 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐡𝐭𝐚 🇮🇳📢 In a candid interview with Business Standard, 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐡𝐭𝐚, 𝐂𝐄𝐎 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲, called for a 𝐫𝐞-𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐋𝐈 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐰𝐨-𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬, stating it currently doesn’t align with the needs of 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐎𝐄𝐌𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚. ⚡🛠️ 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝: 🔹 Current thresholds favor legacy players with 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 🔹 Startups like Ather, despite building 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐯𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝-𝐮𝐩, 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 🔹 Suggests a tailored 𝐏𝐋𝐈 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧-𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐎𝐄𝐌𝐬 🔹 Emphasizes need for more inclusive, innovation-focused policy frameworks At All India EV, we believe this is a crucial conversation. If India wants to be a true EV powerhouse, policies must support not just scale — but originality, R&D, and bold vision. #evnews #evindustry