India s combined sales and additional taxes on hybrid vehicles sales are as high as 43%, based on the size of the car, compared with the highest rate of 50% imposed on petrol and diesel cars. India taxes electric vehicles (EVs) at just 5%.
Writing to the Ministry of Heavy Industries, Singh proposed lower duty on hybrid cars in comparison to that of petrol-diesel-run cars, , hybrid cars, DPIIT, Ministry of Heavy Industries
India s combined sales and additional taxes on hybrid vehicles sales are as high as 43%, based on the size of the car, compared with the highest rate of 50% imposed on petrol and diesel cars. India taxes electric vehicles (EVs) at just 5%. The move could boost the prospects in India of Japan s Toyota Motor, the world s largest carmaker, which has been lobbying for months for lower taxes for hybrid cars, arguing such vehicles are far less polluting than petrol cars.