New fuel rules can be connected to the size of your car, and brandedquity

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The government can take into consideration a differentiated structure based on the size of the vehicle while framing the third edition of the CAFE standards (efficiency of the average corporate fuel), aimed at improving the fuel consumption of all vehicles and curbing carbon emissions. The new rules should be implemented from 1 April 2027.The people of knowledge declared to Et that in the last round of meetings between government officials and representatives of the sector on June 17, the Ministry of heavy industries asked the interested parties to present their opinions on the implementation of differentiated coffee rules based on the size of the vehicle.

“Unlike the previous versions of the Cafe standards, this time, the interested parties have been invited to present their opinions on the fact that a framework may have come to which will determine the rules of efficiency and issue according to the size of the vehicle,” said a Senior sector manager who did not want to be appointed.

At the moment there is no clarity on the fact that small fuel efficient cars will also be defined by engine capacity, vehicle length or if they automatically have the right to special incentives pursuant to the proposed standards. An advisory meeting between government officials and sector representatives is scheduled for the end of this week.The high officials said that a decision has not yet been made on the opportunity to define separate emissions for small cars. Discussions are underway and a final decision will be taken from the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (Ape) of the Ministry of Power (Ape), the officials said.

“Cars at variable prices can be treated differently since larger cars buyers can pay a premium for the most severe emission rules,” said one of the officials aware of the resolutions.

Bee gave the automotive company a 91.7 g/km emission objective as part of the narrowest WLTP cycle (test vehicle test procedure in the world all over the world). However, the car manufacturers proposed emissions of 92.9 g/km under the specific midc of India (moderate Indian driving cycle). These rules are in charge of testing vehicle emissions and fuel efficiency. The current fuel emission standards pursuant to the Cafe II standards, which will last until March 2027, will allow car manufacturers to issue 113.1 grams per km.

“We must see if this proposal (to outline the efficiency of the fuel efficiency of the vehicle size) is further rejected. But overall, the industry has said that since the rhythm of adoption of electric vehicles has been slower than expected, the rules originally proposed pursuant to Cafe 3 should be facilitated,” said a second person in knowledge.

Coffee rules are imposed on the entire fleet of a car manufacturer and not to individual models. They are based on the time limits set on the total carbon dioxide emissions of the company and aim to push companies to create more efficient cars from the efficiency of consumption using clean technologies.

The CO2 emissions of a car are directly proportional to the amount of fuel it consumes. This means that a single model can reach the carbon emission limit if the manufacturer has small low -consumption cars in its wallet.

SUVs, considered less efficient in terms of fuel than small cars, currently dominate the sales of Indian passenger vehicles. In the tax year 2025, the SUVs had a share of about 55% of the total sales of passenger vehicles.