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

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This has been a point of debate in the auto industry, as many appealed to the government to lower the tax rate for hybrid cars considering they are less polluting than the pure petrol models. Currently, automakers such as Maruti Suzuki, Toyota, and Honda among others sell hybrid cars in the country.

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China puts its electric vehicles on center stage - China automotive news

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Chinese auto makers also showed other types of "new energy" vehicles, including regular gasoline-electric hybrids to compete with Toyota Motor Corp.s Prius hybrid. Among the most notable: a gas-electric hybrid Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. Gasgoo.com | ?? | GM plans to launch the Volt in China in 2011.

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