Incentivising hybrids will defeat EV objective: Tata Motors’ MD

Extending incentives and tax benefits created specifically for electric vehicles (EV) to hybrid models will defeat the main objective of promoting emission-free EVs, Shailesh Chandra, managing director, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles and Tata Passenger Electric Mobility told Fe.

Chandra’s comments come in the background of aggressive lobbying by a clutch of carmakers including Toyota Kirloskar, Maruti Suzuki and Honda Cars with policy makers for reduction in taxes on vehicles using hybrid technology.