New Delhi, Oct. 4 -- New Delhi: The government's decision to equate range-extended electric vehicles (REEVs) with electric vehicles (EVs) under the latest corporate average fuel efficiency (CAFE) norms for super credits, which allow clean-fuel vehicles to be counted more than once, has sparked debate over the technology's future in India. Mint takes a look at what this technology is and whether it can work in the Indian market.

extended electric vehicles?

A REEV has two components: a large battery pack and a small internal combustion engine (ICE). Unlike a conventional hybrid vehicle, the engine cannot directly drive the wheels and is instead used as a generator to produce electricity when the battery charge runs low, increasing the veh...