India’ largest auto maker Tata Motors is back in the news again. This time with the launch of hybrid city buses to meet the environ care and Bharat Stage IV norms. Tata gained momentum with its electric version of Indica and is now on the verge of making this hybrid city bus, said its MD (operations). The move is for a series of such hybrid buses on the lines of LCV and high capacity forms targeting the urban mass transportation. So far no detailed report about this vehicle is disclosed except that one such bus is in the designing level.
The suspense will be broken in the ensuing Auto Expo in January. Tata Motors has got many vehicles up in the sleeves for this Expo. In order to meet this hybrid variant, the bus will be fit with diesel or CNG mode of fuel. With the success rate raising high for the electric version of Indica, Tata Motors is exploring the tie-up factors with a Norwegian firm for delivering the cars in the UK, Norway and Denmark during the global launch in 2011. The domestic version too will be launched simultaneously.