Delhi Launches Big New EV Policies

This is international news rather than something that changes your own home upgrade options, but it's a useful sign of where electric vehicle policy is heading. Delhi, India, one of the world's most polluted cities, has rolled out a new EV Policy 2.0, effective July 1, 2026, after years of subsidies alone failed to hit its adoption targets. The new approach adds firm mandates: starting January 1, 2027, only electric three-wheelers and small electric commercial trucks can be newly registered in the city. From April 1, 2028, every new scooter or motorcycle registered must be electric. Older gas and CNG two-wheelers can keep running until the end of their working life, but no new ones will be allowed. The city also wants 10% of school bus fleets electric within two years.

Delhi is keeping cash incentives too. Electric two-wheelers get a subsidy of ₹30,000 in year one, dropping to ₹20,000 and then ₹10,000. Three-wheelers get up to ₹50,000, and small electric trucks get ₹100,000 in their first year. Owners who scrap an older, higher-polluting vehicle while buying an EV get an extra ₹1 lakh (100,000 rupees) for a car or ₹10,000 for a two-wheeler. Electric cars priced at ₹30 lakh or less also get full exemption from road tax and registration fees. The city is putting more money into EV charging stations as well.

None of this applies to US homeowners directly, but it shows a city betting that firm rules, not just rebates, are what actually move people to electric vehicles.