If you’ve ever wondered what a Tata Nano looks like in Gulf livery, well… wonder no more

Filed under: MPG , Tata The CarWale Endurance Run Tata Nano - Click above for image gallery The Indian car shopping site CarWale.com is driving a Tata Nano in a loop across the length and breadth of India to make a point about the car and the country.

Tata Motors moves into hydrogen fuel cells for light trucks, buses

Filed under: Hydrogen , Tata Tata Nano - Click above for high-res image gallery The Tata Nano might be famous for being the world’s cheapest car, we’re going to go out on a limb and say that, should Tata Motors bring the hydrogen fuel cell buses and light trucks they are apparently working on to market, they won’t get the same descriptor. Nonetheless, the Indian company is testing large fuel cell vehicles at its European Technical Centre and is “gain[ing] experience of how they actually work in operation,” John Richmond, group chief engineer of Tata Motors Europe, said, before the company makes a decision on production.

Daimler reaffirms commitment to jathropa biodiesel in India

Filed under: Biodiesel , India , Daimler Jathropa - Click above for high-res image gallery Even with all of the corporate focus on plug-in, hybrid and fuel cell vehicles (examples here , here and here ), Daimler is not forgetting about good old biofuels. In fact, the company is working with two German groups (the Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH and Bayer CropScience AG) to help farmers in India grow jathropa on previously unprofitable wasteland in order to make biodiesel

One plugged-in hatch: Hyundai i10 electric coming to South Korea in 2010

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hyundai , Asia Hyundai i10 electric - Click above for high-res image When Hyundai unveiled the i10 electric at the Frankfurt Motor Show last fall, it said the zero-emission hatchback would go on sale in South Korea in the second half of 2010. This plan is still in effect, and now more details are trickling out. The electric vehicle will be partially made in India, which makes sense since that’s where the standard, gasoline-powered small i10 is made and the only place where Hyundai builds the little hatch

Report: BMW working on twin-engine hybrid powertrain

Filed under: Emerging Technologies , Hybrid , BMW BMW is knee-deep in hybrid technology these days, having both mild hybrids and sophisticated full two-mode drivetrains in production. Apparently, there’s work underway on a radical twin-engine system as well, proof of which can be seen by perusing this patent application . Unlike any hybrid powertrain currently on the road, one of the engines in BMW’s split-hybrid technology remains completely dormant unless more power is needed than the first engine and electric motor combination can provide.

New Delhi 2010: Chevrolet e-Spark, an electric car for the average Indian car buyer

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Chevrolet , India Chevrolet e-Spark - Click above for high-res image gallery The Reva NXG concept car looks aggressive, like it wants to hunt down anyone who says that all electric cars needs to look silly. The Chevrolet Spark concept , too, looks pretty darn good for a little car. The two companies are working together on an all-electric car for the Indian market and it was revealed at the New Delhi Auto Show this week

Delhi Auto Expo: more details on Honda New Small Concept

Filed under: MPG , Honda Honda New Small Concept - Click above for high-res image gallery At the Delhi Auto Expo in India this week, Honda ’s local operation is showing off a concept creatively named ” New Small Concept .” Hopefully they didn’t pay some overpriced marketing company much for that one.

Eko Vehicles claims ET-120 is first production hybrid motorcycle

Filed under: Hybrid , On Two Wheels , India The World’s First Production Hybrid Motorcycle (really more like a noped - a moped sans pedals, if you ask us) is about to go on sale in India, and it will return about 280 miles per gallon with a top speed of 40 miles per hour. If that top speed seems a bit on the slow side, well, that’s what you get for the low, low price of $855. Eko Vehicles, a manufacturer based in Bangalore, developed the vehicle with assistance from U.S.-based Emerging Technologies

Diesel Delay: Mahindra distributor says trucks coming in spring

Filed under: Diesel , MPG , India , USA Mahindra Pik-Up - Click above for high-res image gallery Starting to wonder if the Mahindra TR20 (two-door) and TR40 (four-door) small pickups will ever come to market here in the States? You’re not alone. Though our Magic 8 Ball still tells us it’s likely that the workhorse compact trucks will indeed make an appearance at some unknown point in the future, news comes by way of PickupTrucks.com that the Indian haulers have been delayed yet again , this time until sometime in the spring of 2010.

REPORT: Honda to premiere new small car concept at Delhi Motor Show

Filed under: Honda , India Honda CR-Z concept 2009 - Click above for high-res image gallery Honda has announced plans to unveil a new small car concept at the 10th Auto Expo automobile show in New Delhi on January 5. Just last week, Toyota made almost the exact same announcement , and both Japanese automakers are staying mum on any actual details. According to The Wall Street Journal , Honda’s entry in the hotly-contested market of India is being referred to internally as the “New Small Concept,” and, while intended primarily for emerging markets, the vehicle is being engineered so that it could be sold in other parts of the world

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