A rash of diesel engine manufacturing plants promises a change in the way cars will be powered in India in the coming years.
It is not uncommon these days to see swanky Mercs and Skoda Octavias queue up besides trucks and taxis at the dirty end of a fuelling stations: the diesel pump. Gone are the times when a diesel-powered vehicle could be identified by the fumes and the bone-rattling driving experience. Diesel is the new age alternate fuel, a more practical and immediate technology especially when compared to fuel cells and hydrogen both in infant stages of development.
Maruti Udyog Ltd is spending up to Rs 2,500 crore in setting up a 300,000 unit per annum diesel engine assembly unit in Manesar. The first phase of one lakh units would go operational next month.
Saturday, September 16, 2006
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