Maruti SX4 Hybrid at CWG

Maruti has provided 14 hybrid and electric vehicles, namely the Sx4 Hybrid and the Eeco electric for the Common Wealth Games.

This is just to test their products prior to a production launch that will come up shortly. Lets see what powers the SX4 Hybrid and what these green cars have to offer.


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E-spark, Chevrolet's Electric Spark

The electric car market is really whirring up and now we can really see some concrete plans as major players enter the market. I'm talking about the Chevrolet brand with the launch of the e-spark, the electric spark will perhaps be the first mass produced electric vehicle in the country.

But why will this launch make a change? Not that the e-spark is going to be unique since its going to use the Reva's drive train, since the company has not spoken about the battery they are going to use, we can perhaps expect something different here. Apart from of course giving the customers a choice between a Lithium-Ion or a lead acetate battery.

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Maruti Goes Green with the EECO Charge

What would a Green car revolution be in India without the countries largest car manufacturer not joining the band wagon?

Maruti Suzuki has sold over 96,500 cars in January 2010 in India alone and has displaced its first concept fully electric vehicle, the Eeco Charge at the Auto Expo 2010 held in Delhi. See what Maruti has in store for us on Green Wheels India.


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Reva NXR Specs are Out

The Reva NXR is capable of doing 160Km on a single charge and takes only 90 minutes for a full charge.

That's the higher end model, the NXR Intercity with a Lithium ion battery pack and capable of a top speed od 104 KPH. The lower end NXR City will have a lead acid battery pack, which will limit its range to 80 km and a top speed of 80 KPH.

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REVA to Set Up New Manufacturing Unit

The well known small electric car manufacturer REVA Electric Car Company (RECC), sees a big future in its Eco friendly Indian electric car. The Bangalore based manufacture is getting ready to take on the big boys by creating a new manufacturing unit capable of producing 30,000 electric cars annually.

RECC recently announced that it is building a new manufacturing facility for their electric cars in Bangalore that will cost the company $6.1 million and will begin production in the first quarter of 2010.

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Tata Motor's Going Green

The Tata Indica Electric may not be the front runner for the Tata group when it comes to the electric and hybrid car variants for a long time. The latest news from Tata's stable, the nano platform will be used to create electric and hybrid cars.

In a book published by the company to highlight its innovations, "The Nano is just not a car for Tata Motors, it is also a platform to create more high-end models that will sell for higher prices and yield better margins."

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The Oreva Electric Car from Ajanta

There are similarities between a clock and a vehicle, you need an energy source, a motor and then things begin to go round.

So Ajanta, the clock manufacturer based in Gujarat perhaps saw the similarities between the two and started not just selling ordinary cars and bikes but electric ones under the Oreva brand name.

The Oreva e-bike has been available in local states for quite a while, its a no license required bike, that means its powered by a 250 watt motor and doesn't go more than 25 KM per hour. Perhaps that is not a fascinating as the companies plan for the Oreva car that they are slated to launch shortly.

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Maruti Working on Hybrid & Electric Cars

When India's most selling car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki thinks green, you can imagine a quantum shift in the automobile industry and a blessing to the environment.

Though its a long term plan where the company expects to have its range of CNG hybrids an electric vehicles on road in the next three to five years, its a move many would be waiting for.

Shinzo Nakanishi, MD, Maruti Suzuki, spoke about the possibility of launching electric cars in the future, “We are developing electric car technology for India."

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The Electric Tata Indica

The Tatas managed to create hype with the launch of the vista, but somehow I feel that electric cars have an inborn hype, super acceleration possibilities, cheap fuel, protecting the environment and things like this that make it interesting in its own way.

When I heard of the Tata Indica Electric I was happy, although I do not think of TATA Motors highly after the Tata Nano in Singur episode but to know that they already have a prototype of the Indica Electric out is delightful.

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Mahindra and Mahindra's Scorpio Hybrid

One of the largest automobile manufacturers in India, who also export a good quantity of cars abroad, Mahindra & Mahindra launched the diesel hybrid a while ago in America. There is no news about when the car will be available in the Indian market but it is expected to be launched in the year 2010 in America.

The Scorpio hybrid will have an all new m-hawk 2.2-liter four-cylinder common-rail variable-geometry turbo diesel that churns out 180 horsepower and 300 pound-feet of torque.It will also come with a six-speed automatic transmission specifically for the American market.

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Honda Civic, India's First Hybrid Car

The Honda Civic was launched early this June at a price tag of 21.5 lakhs, the hefty price tag saw the company selling only 60 units across the country in a time frame of a couple of months.

This forced the company to reconsider their pricing strategy to get rid of the existing stock that was imported from Japan as a Complete Build-up Unit (CBU), thus attracting an import tax of 114% by the Government of India. It's sad that the government has failed to be proactive in terms of helping bringing greener technology to a country where the pollution limits are out of control.

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REVA Indias First Electric Car

I was wondering where to begin, the need to have a space where electric vehicles can be flaunted is a need of the hour. With the rising environmental concerns, climate change and the pollution levels Green is the future of every industry.

The first green car in India, the REVA electric car was launched in June 2001 in Bangalore. It is currently sold in six cities in India and exported to UK and Malta. The company claims the car is being test marketed in US, Nepal, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Israel, Japan, Norway and China.

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