Audi India launched the second generation 2016 Audi R8 at the show.
Mahindra & Mahindra on Thursday said it will launch a micro-hybrid version of its latest multipurpose vehicle Xylo before the year-end, while it gears up to roll out two electric cars from the Reva stable by the end of 2011.
If you opt for a petrol variant, you will need to reapply for loan.
In the automobiles sector, some recent products such as Mahindra's XUV 500, the Reva electric car and (arguably) the Tata Nano have breathed life into that possibility.
Government has announced a slew of measures to give impetus to electric cars.
By industry estimates, less than five per cent of the passenger car market in India would comprise electric cars over the next five-seven years, at 1,75,000 units, when the industry size would double to 3.5 million units, as against over 1.6 million in 2009.
On Reva, Mahindra says electric cars are an innovation that can disrupt the automobile sector.
Chinese car makers have been copying designs of European car makers.
Large manufacturers are investing in small companies to get a peek into their R&D. Alnoor Peermohamed and Anita Babu report.
Even as India goes green, lack of uniform standards for setting up charging stations is holding back companies. Alnoor Peermohamed reports.
Electric mobility in India is touted to be the way to the future, but implementation of large-scale projects to bring infrastructure for charging is still lacking.
Only 36 per cent in Japan and 44 per cent in Germany were willing to use such vehicles.
Apart from a pavilion of vintage cars, there will be a Bollywood corner
Eyes investments of Rs 31,000 cr in research and manufacturing of electric vehicles
JLR is developing its own autonomous car technologies, which could one day trickle into Tata's more affordable people carriers.
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