Indian mototsiklostroeniya companies, such as, for example, TVS or Bajaj, plan to start producing hybrid model.

And the leader of the local market, Hero MotoCorp, and the company TVS Motor Company has announced that they intend within the next 9-12 months market release of the first models of hybrid scooters.

In April-December 2012-2013 fiscal year, sales of scooters in India grew by 18% to 2.17 million units). At the same time, sales of motorcycles, though also increased, but only slightly.

Against the backdrop of such squarego growth market leaders want to develop new segments of SquareTrade, to have something new to offer to the buyer.

Hybrid model scooter from Hero to be called Leap - the prototype has already been shown at Auto Expo 2012 in Delhi. As will be referred to as hybrid scooter from TVS, is still unknown. But it is clear that machine from these two manufacturers will be the "first signs" hybrid segment of the Indian scooter market.

It is obvious that later they will be joined by models from local offices Honda, Yamaha and Suzuki.

Manufacturers want the prices of hybrid cars were not higher than in conventional scooters. For this, they expect to benefit from government subsidies in the framework of the national programme for the development of electric vehicles by 2020, the distribution of which will be announced in April.