The newest proposal circulated final week applies a flatter compliance curve throughout 5 years quite than steep annual tightening, and removes relaxations provided to lighter autos.
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A âbroadâ consensus has emerged on the long-contested upcoming carbon emission norms for automobiles for 2027 at a high-level inter-ministerial assembly on Thursday /9April 16, 2026), with solely âminor suggestionsâ from small automobile makers, stated trade sources.
The draft proposal of Carbon Average Fuel Efficiency-3 floated by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency in September 2025, which has gone by means of a number of iterations, had reached a impasse because the trade remained cut up between small and enormous automobile producers over relaxations to the previous.
Published – April 16, 2026 10:32 pm IST