The Delhi government notified the Delhi Electric Vehicles Policy 2026 on July 1, stating its intent to introduce electrification mandates for four-wheelers in the future.
The policy, the first of its kind in India, mandates that only electric three-wheelers can be registered from January 1, 2027. Registrations of new non-electric two-wheelers will stop from April 1, 2028.
The document says the government “intends to bring out electrification mandates for four-wheelers in future as well as aim to make a framework for disincentivising polluting vehicles that use inefficient fuels”. No timeline or format for the four-wheeler rules has been announced.
Electric four-wheelers currently make up around 11 percent of Delhi’s four-wheeler fleet. The policy offers a Rs 1 lakh scrapping incentive to the first one lakh buyers who replace an internal combustion engine vehicle with an electric car.
Experts noted that such regulatory signals give automakers long-term confidence to expand EV production and lower costs.