Starting January 1 next year, you will know how fuel efficient your dream car actually is.
Consumption info to be displayed at point of sale from January 1 onwards
NEW DELHI: Starting January 1 next year, you will know how fuel efficient your dream car actually is. That’s when passenger car and two-wheeler makers will start displaying fuel consumption details at the point of sale.
Ravi Kant, president, Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), said, “Starting January 2009, all automobile makers would begin the process of displaying fuel consumption information at the point of sale…along with the documentation of the vehicle.” The announcement has come after months of wrangling between the SIAM
and a number of government agencies working on the proposal.
The vehicle of your choice will carry a label displaying fuel economy in kilometre per litre (under standard test conditions) and the type of fuel for which this calculation is valid. However, the process of implementing such labelling will be completed only by April next year.
On the need to cut down on carbon dioxide emissions, Kant said the problem needs an integrated, partnership approach. “We are working with nominated agencies to finalise a long-term glide path for the reduction of CO2.”
While European countries have set themselves deadlines to cut down on CO2 emissions, India is yet to take concrete steps in this direction. Some of the initiatives that will reduce carbon dioxide emissions are introduction of fuel-efficient vehicles as also electric and hybrid vehicles and use of alternative fuels.
The automobile industry has also decided to adopt 100 industrial training institutes (ITIs) across the country over the next two years to generate the much-needed pool of skilled manpower.
As per the Automotive Mission Plan, 25 million additional jobs will be created by the industry till 2016 and more than 60% of these will be in the skilled category. Kant admitted to the slowdown in the domestic market, blaming it on non-availability of consumer finance and rising interest rates.
On the steep rise in input costs, he said steel and rubber prices have risen by 40% each while copper prices are up by 45% over the last two years.
The industry produced 10.8 million vehicles last fiscal and if the current trends are any indication, growth this year may well remain confined to single digits after several years of high double-digit growth.
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