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Tata Motors urges govt to keep hybrid tax, Toyota lobbies for cut

Baua Electric

Several automakers like Toyota, who have been selling hybrid cars in India have been lobbying for a tax cut on the hybrid vehicles in India. Hybrid cars see higher tax incidence in India compared to their pure petrol counterparts, despite emitting lower pollutants into the environment.

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Electric Car Watch #4: Toyota is the new Kodak

Plug In India

We will also discuss the EV models in production and look at what we can expect for India. The entire auto industry has given up on investing in Hydrogen cars. The remaining 10 million cars were sold in countries that don’t matter in the global auto market, like Japan, India, Australia, Latin America etc.

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Buffett's Chinese electric car company

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

BYD’s conventional gas-powered cars are selling well these days in China, and his electric plug-in electric model looks like it will come to market with a longer range and a lower sticker price than the new Toyota Prius much-hyped Chevy Volt. This could turn out to be one of Buffett’s very best deals.

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