A National Hybrid Platform (NHP), bringing together members of the automobile industry, academia and tier-I suppliers, besides government representatives, has been formed.
Industry players include Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland, Eicher Motors, Bajaj Auto and TVS Motor.
The NHP, whose role is to facilitate the indigenous development of hybrid vehicles, is headed by M & M's Arun Jaura.NHP has already created three verticals: for commercial vehicles, passenger vehicles (including passenger cars) and two- & three-wheelers.
Each is headed by a working group, comprising various stakeholders. These verticals would work towards developing indigenous hybrid technologies.
The NHP comes even as a detailed proposal seeking government subsidy for indigenous development of hybrids has been pending for months.
At present, only buyers of battery-powered vehicles (such as Reva) are provided with a 33 per cent subsidy (33 per cent of the vehicle cost is borne by the government), but no monetary incentive is available for the development and sale of hybrids in the country.
The creation of NHP comes even as a separate, elaborate hydrogen road map has already been spelt out by the government where almost all stakeholders for NHP have once again come together to develop an ideal mixture of hydrogen and CNG.Source:
Surprisingly no mention of Maruti,is Maruti Suzuki Ltd not interested in Hybrids.
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