前印度国家信息技术与创新委员会（NITI Aayog）首席执行官阿米塔布·坎特（Amitabh Kant）周三表示，印度能源部发布的针对乘用车的新CAFE（燃油效率）法规“往最坏的方面看是落后的”，“往最好的方面看也只是维持现状”，缺乏对未来的远见和明确的规划。
New CAFE-3 norms for passenger vehicles, notified by the Ministry of Power, are 'backward-looking at worst', 'status quoist' at best, and lack vision and a clear road map for the future, former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said on Wednesday.
坎特在社交媒体上写道：“这原本是一个让印度在技术上实现飞跃的机会（就像我们在UPI支付系统和智能手机领域所做的那样），但实际上我们却错失了这个机会。”
Kant, in a social media post, said this was an opportunity to technologically leapfrog like India has done with UPI and smartphones, instead, it is a case of a huge missed opportunity.
他进一步指出：“这些新法规往最坏的方面看是落后的，往最好的方面看也只是维持现状；它们缺乏对未来的规划，也没有明确的行动方向。这些法规是在跟随行业发展，而不是引领行业发展。”他还强调：“电动汽车本应成为汽车市场的主流，但如今它们只是众多选择之一而已。”
"The new CAFE norms are backward looking at worst and status quoist at best. They lack vision and a clear road map for the future. "The regulation follows the industry instead of leading it. #EVs become one option among many, when they should be the destination," he said. Kant said India cannot win the future of mobility by protecting the past. "We import almost 90 per cent of our oil.
坎特认为，印度无法通过保护旧有的生产方式来赢得未来的交通发展机遇：“我们几乎90%的石油依赖进口；虽然我们正在建设电池和电动汽车的制造能力，但我们的燃油效率法规反而应该推动汽车行业向电动化方向发展，而不是为行业的发展设置障碍。”
We are building battery and EV manufacturing capacity. Our fuel-efficiency rules should push the industry toward that future, not give it room to delay," he said.
他还指出，这些法规设定的目标是到2032年电动汽车的市场份额达到11%，而实际上本财年电动汽车在汽车总销量中的占比已经接近8%。他质疑：“能源效率局（BEE）如何能够出售所谓的‘节能信用’？监管机构本不应成为其所监管市场的参与者。”
Kant pointed out that norms target 11 per cent electric cars by 2032, when EVs are already close to 8 per cent of car sales this financial year. "How can Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) sell credits. A regulator can't be a player in the market it regulates," he said.
坎特强调：“现在正是实现技术飞跃的关键时刻，但由于监管机构的保守态度，我们错失了这个机会。”
Kant said this was the moment to pole vault. "We missed it thanks to a retrograde regulator," he said.
根据印度能源部的声明，这些新法规适用于所有类型的乘用车，包括掀背车、轿车、多功能车（MPV）等，这些车辆的载客量（不包括驾驶员）应为8人或以上。这些新法规将适用于在印度制造或进口后用于销售的乘用车。
The new norms broadly cover passenger cars, including hatchbacks, sedans, special utility vehicles, and MPVs, with a seating capacity of eight passengers other than the driver. The new norms will apply to new passenger vehicles manufactured or imported for sale in India, the power ministry said in a statement.
这些新法规将为消费者提供更多技术选择，同时汽车制造商也需要据此调整自身的生产计划。
The new norms will provide more choice for consumers in terms of technology, while car manufacturers will have to plan their production accordingly.
在一项重大调整中，CAFE-3法规草案最初曾提议为轻型汽油车（低于909公斤）提供豁免，以维持其价格亲民，但最终标准取消了这一优惠。
In a major shift, the draft CAFE-3 regulations had initially proposed a concession for lightweight petrol cars (under 909 kg) to keep them affordable, the final norms eliminated this benefit.
根据新标准，修订后的目标线也被进一步平缓，以提供更均衡、对重量更敏感的方法，即对较轻车辆设定相对宽松的目标，而对较重车辆提出更高的燃油效率要求。
Under the new norms, the revised target line has also been flattened to provide a more balanced, weight-sensitive approach, with relatively softer targets for lighter vehicles and greater fuel-efficiency requirements for heavier vehicles.
参考重量从现有标准下的1082公斤提高至新CAFE标准下的1229公斤，增幅约为13.6%，反映了乘用车车队特征的演变。
The reference weight has been increased from 1,082 kg under existing norms to 1,229 kg under new CAFE norms, an increase of around 13.6 per cent, reflecting the evolving characteristics of the passenger vehicle fleet.
新标准为制造商采用更清洁的技术、替代燃料及其他创新解决方案提供了灵活性。
The new norms provide flexibility to manufacturers to adopt cleaner technologies, alternative fuels and other innovative solutions.