{
  "id": 10922497,
  "title": "CAFE-III 2027: What car buyers need to know",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/cafe-iii-2027-what-car-buyers-need-to-know",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-30T10:38:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Economic Times",
    "slug": "the-economic-times",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/auto/cars-uvs/fuel-efficiency-rules-2027-how-cafe-iii-norms-will-affect-evs-hybrids-small-cars-petrol-vehicles/articleshow/134589575.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "India's passenger vehicle industry is set to implement new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE-III) norms starting April 1, 2027, with a deadline of March 31, 2032. These rules apply to M1 category passenger vehicles manufactured or imported for sale in India, and aim to improve fleet-wide fuel consumption. Automakers have several options to meet their targets, including credit trading, incentives for electric and hybrid vehicles, carbon-neutrality factors for certain fuels, and discounts for fuel-saving technologies.\n\nFor electric vehicles (EVs), battery electric vehicles and range-extended electric vehicles receive a volume derogation factor of 3.0, while plug-in hybrids and strong hybrids using flex-fuel ethanol receive factors of 2.5 and 1.6, respectively. Flex-fuel ethanol vehicles receive a 1.1 factor, and CNG vehicles receive a 1.0 factor. Strong hybrid vehicles receive a 1.6 factor. The overall aim is to incentivize the use of cleaner powertrains to meet the fleet-wide efficiency requirements.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}