Hybrid Car Technology

Skoda already has four models in India, including SUVs and sedans, but this is the first time the carmaker is considering bringing hybrid cars to the South Asian nation

The waivers have split India's auto industry, with Tata Motors, Mahindra and Mahindra and Hyundai arguing their sales of pure electric cars will suffer

Toyota's global sales declined 2% in April-June versus a year earlier as robust U.S. and European demand wasn't enough to make up for declines at home and in China

The Uttar Pradesh government on July 5 decided to waive the registration tax on hybrid cars, extending a concession already available to fully electric vehicles

Sector experts suggest that the sharp decline could be due to a combination of factors such as changes in government policies and customers shifting interest towards hybrids

The global market for electric passenger vehicles is concentrated in three areas: China, the US, and Europe, which accounted for 95 per cent of global electric sales last year

The preference for an internal combustion engine-run vehicle fell to 49 per cent in 2024 from 53 per cent in 2023. In India, the survey polled 1,000 consumers

Hybrid car sales have surged from 4.42 per cent of the 4.1 million cars sold in CY22 to 7.2 per cent this year

In India, it's the hybrid market that Maruti Suzuki is understandably targeting

CNG, EVs and hybrid vehicles may grab up to 30 per cent share in total auto sales in next five years even as petrol cars are likely to dominate passenger vehicle volumes in medium-term, a report said on Tuesday. Demand for Electric Vehicles (EVs) has increased exponentially in the last two years with the government's push, increasing awareness, and new launches, domestic rating agency Icra said in its report. However, the share of EVs in the overall PV (passenger vehicle) industry remains low, at 1 per cent currently, it stated. On the other hand, CNG vehicles have also gained prominence in recent years, aided by favourable running costs, improving penetration of CNG dispensing stations across the country, and enhanced product offerings by OEMs, Icra said and added, lower emissions in CNG vehicles would also help OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) comply with the impending Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAF) norms. Noting that a cohesive approach from all stakeholders is ...

Green investors have criticised the world's largest carmaker by sales for slowness in moving its product line-up to all-electric, battery electric vehicles

'We would give subsidy to firms setting up EV charging infrastructure to pay the discoms or utilities setting up upstream infrastructure'

Toyota plans to reboot its strategy for India, doubling down on a bet that emerging markets will welcome its hybrids, as long as the price is right

Grand Vitara will go on sale in September with prices expected to start at Rs 9.5 lakh

Japanese carmakers taking the hybrid route for cleaner mobility in India

Intends to sell 3.7 mn units globally by 2025, with 67% contribution from Asia

While hybrids, which blend the power of a gasoline engine with electric motors and batteries, are now more than two decades old - the first Prius debuted in Japan in 1997

Singh said Rs 250 crore will be incurred in the operation of these buses of which Rs 120 crore will be realised through sale of tickets.

Players with an interest in hybrid technology continue to lobby with the government for revisiting the taxation on these vehicles