Indian car drivers are finding themselves in the same predicament as UK motorists as ever increasing fuel prices make the cost of buying and running a car prohibitive. Luckily help is at hand as the Indian car manufacturer Tata set its sights on producing its first ever electric vehicle. Expected to available by the end of the financial year, the environmentally friendly vehicle will use ion batteries for high energy and power density, the approximate range of the vehicle will be two hundred kilometres.
In January 2008, Reuters announced that Tata had signed a development contract with Chrysler LLC to produce an electric version of Tata’s mini truck, the Ace that would be sold only in the US.
