New Delhi, Jan. 23 -- Carmakers are staring at a compliance window of less than 15 months to start getting close to stringent upcoming emission targets that are expected to come into effect from April 2027.

With the Centre not yet notifying the third iteration of the corporate average fuel efficiency or CAFE-III norms-CAFE-I and CAFE-II were notified 24 months in advance-carmakers are feeling the pressure to prepare their fleet and powertrain plans to deliver the largest mandatory emissions cut over any five-year period.

Under the proposed norms, automakers would need to bring average emissions of their fleets to 88.4gm CO₂/km by March 2028, a 21% cut from 113gm CO₂/km currently.

This also means they need to make plans for ...