Hybrid Vehicles

Supreme Court accepts Centre's proposal to have colour-coded stickers for vehicles running on different fuels in Delhi-NCR

The Supreme Court on Monday accepted Centre's proposal to have hologram-based colour-coded stickers on vehicles that would help in identifying automobiles running on various kinds of fuels.

Govt may impose higher tax on petrol and diesel cars to cut FAME scheme burden, boost electric vehicles' sale

The Department of Heavy Industry (DHI) has raised a demand for a budgetary requirement of Rs 9,381 crore to run the FAME scheme till fiscal 2022-23.

Toyota to market more than 10 electric vehicle models by early 2020s

Toyota expects EVs to account for around half of its global sales by 2030 when it aims to sell 4.5 million petrol-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles.

EESL to invite bids for supply of second lot of 10,000 electric vehicles by March-April 2018

The EESL MD said that the current government regulations do not allow a purchase of new e-cars and so requires leasing out under a hire-purchase agreement.

Electric and hybrid vehicles to continue to attract incentives for at least another six months under the FAME program

The scheme offers sops on electric and hybrid vehicles of up to Rs 29,000 for bikes and Rs 1.38 lakh for cars, thereby lowering their price for buyers.

Uber to stop using diesel cars for electric and hybrid options in London by end 2019

Uber will cease using diesel cars in London by the end of 2019 and the vast majority of rides will be in electric or hybrid vehicles by then, said the firm.

Electric, hybrid vehicles, alternative fuel tops agenda at inaugural session of 57th SIAM meet

At the 57th SIAM Annual Convention 2017, Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Anant Geete said the government was considering the extension of a scheme to promote electric and hybrid vehicles by another six months.

Hyundai to launch an electric vehicle after 2021 with 500 km range

Hyundai and affiliate Kia Motors Corp, which together rank fifth in global vehicle sales, also said they are planning 31 eco-friendly models by 2020.

GST: Toyota says no change in plans for hybrid vehicles post new indirect tax regime

Under the new tax regime, prices of the company's popular hybrid sedan Camry have gone up by an average of Rs 3 lakh.

China agrees to delay quota for electric and hybrid vehicles until 2019

China agreed to delay an 8 percent quota for electric and hybrid vehicles by a year until 2019, an auto industry source said on Friday, in a major concession for German carmakers seeking to expand in the world's largest auto market.