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NEW DELHI: India's automobile industry remains deeply divided over key government proposals to improve fuel efficiency and cut vehicular emissions, making consensus hard to build ahead of the new norms taking effect in April 2027.

The government's draft CAFE 3 norms (corporate average fuel efficiency), which aim to slash fleet-wide carbon dioxide emissions by pushing manufacturers to make more of hybrids and electric vehicles (EVs), proposed big concessions for small...