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The CAFE compliance workspace for OEMs.

One live workspace to report, optimise, forecast and trade India CAFE - from the AIS-137 Appendices to the OEM-to-OEM credit market. Built for the regulatory, product-planning, sales and finance desks.

Live across 16 carbon markets · India CCTS + CAFE
TERRANOVA · CAFE MANAGER4 MODULES
Reporting
AIS-137 Appendices
Optimise
Live scenario levers
Forecast
5-year block view
Market
Trade intelligence
FLEET POSITION · ILLUSTRATIVE
Fleet CO2 (P)
116.4 g
Target (T)
113.0 g
FY26 position
-3.4 g
Orientation

What the Workspace Is Actually For

CAFE compliance has historically been a once-a-year filing exercise built in Excel by the OEM's emissions and certification team. TerraNova for CAFE turns it into a continuously updated operating picture - one that survives the CAFE-II to CAFE 2027 regime change, the WLTP transition when MoRTH eventually notifies it, the potential gaps between the September 2025 published draft and the February / April 2026 revised drafts circulated to industry, and the new credit market that opens up alongside.

It does this through six steps that mirror the TerraNova process across all compliance markets - adapted for the specific moving parts of India CAFE.

Built for the Four Desks That Own CAFE

One workspace, four operating views - each desk sees the same fleet ledger through its own lens.

Compliance / Emissions Heads
Own the Section 4(8) pi filings. Variant-level ledger, dual-cycle reporting, BEE-format submission - continuously, not annually.
Key Outcome
Filings Right, First Time
Treasury Heads
Own the penalty and credit-market exposure. Section 26 schedule, bank-vs-sell calls, scenario clearing prices.
Key Outcome
Exposure Priced, Not Guessed
Strategy Heads
Own the decarb-lever and BEV-ramp portfolio. MAC-ranked sequencing that re-ranks when a draft layer moves.
Key Outcome
Lowest-Cost Path to Compliance
Investor Relations
Own the external narrative. Labelled numbers - draft, model, assumption - that survive diligence.
Key Outcome
A Narrative That Holds Up
1 MODULE 1 · REPORTING

Reporting, without the hassle.

Type in or upload your last-reported iCAT sheet - CNF, ci and vi auto-computed. TerraNova generates the AIS-137 Appendices in official format and establishes your position today.

  • Variant-level fleet ledger, always current
  • MIDC + WLTP values in one place
  • Direct BEE-format reporting pack
  • Fed by VAHAN, SIAM and ARAI data
Sources & Settings - FeedsOnboarding complete
Variants captured
412
Weighted mass W
1,182 kg
VAHAN registrations - monthly dispatch + segment shareslive
SIAM dispatch feedlive
ARAI model certification - pi MIDC + WLTPlive
BEE passbook mirror - official credit balancepending · awaiting BEE API
BEE-format submission · export ready

Conceptual workspace view - illustrative data.

2 MODULE 2 · OPTIMISE

A live tool for planning, sales and the board.

Optimise by model mix, sales mix and off-cycle tech - each lever recomputes the live position. See the CAFE impact of a sales push, a technology, or launching or retiring a model, before you make the call.

  • Every lever ranked by cost per gap closed
  • Launch and switch scenarios in one click
  • Live impact on your position as you plan
  • Re-ranks automatically when the rules move
Decarb - MAC-Ranked Portfolio6 lever families
Full LED · entry lineup (off-cycle)0.5 g · MAC −₹12.0K/t
Electric water pump (off-cycle)0.7 g · MAC −₹8.5K/t
Punch Strong-Hybrid (SHEV)2.0× Sept draft · 1.6× Apr scenario
Nexon platform lightweight (mass)curve relief
Sierra EV (Acti.EV+) · FY28 (BEV)3.0× Table 3
EV · SHEV · off-cycle · mass · powertrain/RDE · discontinuation

Conceptual workspace view - demo fleet, illustrative levers and MACs.

3 MODULE 3 · FORECAST

The five-year board view - and what it saves.

The strategic picture: CAFE-II’s last year and CAFE-III’s Block I / II, out to FY32 - short or long. See what the optimised mix saves versus doing nothing.

  • Year-by-year surplus or deficit to FY32
  • BAU vs with-plan, side by side
  • Pool with up to 3 OEMs and see the combined position
  • Penalty math built in
Compliance Manager - FY28–FY32Mode: Annual · S.4(9)
FY28FY29FY30FY31FY32■ BAU■ With-Plan
Surpluses accrue to the passbookdeficits: offset or penalty
Penalty calc - Section 26 detail₹10L + 25K/50K per veh
Pool Builder - up to 3 OEMs (Section 7)manager bears penalty
Block averagingscenario only - not in draft
Drafts: Sept 25 · Feb 26 · Apr 26 scenario · WLTP: user-set

Conceptual workspace view - illustrative trajectory.

4 MODULE 4 · MARKET INTELLIGENCE

See the whole field.

Climate Decode’s in-house demand & supply model projects each key OEM’s short or long position - who will need to buy, who can sell. Identify who to trade with and cover your position early.

  • See who is long and who is short across 15 OEMs
  • Find pooling partners and credit counterparties
  • Trade tape and the BEE price band in one screen
  • Four-scenario S&D model behind every call
Market Watch - OTCOTC index +4.6% w/w
Best bid / ask
₹3,450 / 3,800
BEE band (coverage)
₹2.5–4.5K
T-2026-012 · Peer OEM · 55,000 g @ ₹4,350sell · settled
Peer book - 15 OEMs · pools flaggedsurplus / deficit
News - BEE seeks comment on credit pricing bandpolicy
News - Apr 26 draft: SHEV 1.6× circulatedwatch · high impact
BEE direct-sell pricing · passbook mirror pending

Conceptual workspace view - illustrative data.

The value for the OEM

The same obligation - planned, priced, a step ahead.

Run CAFE on one live, market-linked workspace instead of spreadsheets. Illustrative for a large PV-OEM:

−70%
Reporting effort
~2,000 work-hours back each year
−30%
Settlement cost
The least-cost path, not the ceiling
+2.5 g
CAFE-III surplus
Short to long - a credit seller by FY27
₹1,750/g
Pool price
vs the ₹2,500/g buy-out ceiling

Illustrative model for demonstration - not a named-customer result. CAFE-III figures are draft; final rules and each OEM’s fleet will change the numbers.

The Collaboration

A joint solution by Meta Materials & Climate Decode

TerraNova for CAFE is developed, marketed and supported jointly by Meta Materials Circular Markets and Climate Decode for the Indian and Japanese automotive markets.

Meta Materials Circular Markets

India’s automotive circularity orchestrator - building circular-economy marketplaces and digital ecosystems, and bringing OEM reach and market access across India & Japan.

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Climate Decode

Carbon-markets compliance software, live across 17 markets. Owns the TerraNova CAFE engine - fleet capture, credit/debit computation, forecasting and filing, on Microsoft Azure.

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TerraNova CAFE helps you manage and report the obligation - a BEE-ready reporting pack straight from your fleet ledger. Actively plan upgrades and model switches and see the live impact on your position. Forecast your 5-year CAFE position over short and long horizons, set the strategy - bank vs sell, pool or buy - and identify the right peer counterparties from market data. All of it powered by a detailed supply-and-demand model built by our experts.

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The India CAFE series

Seven explainers, from first principles to the 2027 draft. New to CAFE? Start with the primer.

1
CAFE Primer
India CAFE-II, explained from first principles.
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2
CAFE 2027 Mechanics
What changes on 1 April 2027 - the step-change.
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NEW
CAFE 2027 Draft Decoded
What changed in the official 16 July 2026 draft.
Read the article →
3
The OEM Landscape
India’s 15 PV makers and where each stands.
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4
Open Issues
Five things to watch in the final notification.
Read the article →
5
Cost Exposure
Per-OEM cost exposure, FY28–FY32.
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6
The 5-Year Credit Market
The CAFE credit market, modelled.
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Modelling your CAFE-III position before the rulebook locks in

From per-OEM cost exposure to the 5-year credit-market view, Climate Decode helps Indian passenger-vehicle OEMs sequence the CAFE-III response with finance-grade clarity.

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