India, Jan. 22 -- Hybrid vehicles have quickly risen to fame in the last couple of years in India due to the recent launched of vehicles with the technology in the mass market segment. At present hybrid vehicle constitute to about 2 per cent of the total Indian passenger vehicle market sales, as per 2023 sales report.

A hybrid vehicle is powered by at least one electric motor and a gasoline engine, and its system recovers energy through regenerative braking. Sometimes the electric motor does all of the work, other times the combustion engine does, and sometimes both work together. As a result, less fuel is burnt, and the fuel economy improves. Adding electric power can even improve performance in some cases.

In India, around 23 hybrid c...