Sabitgarh, Dec. 5 -- At a time when India's auto industry is pushing for electric vehicles (EVs) as the clean transport of the future, Japanese carmaker Toyota Kirloskar Motor believes the government should help incentivize hybrid flex-fuel technology powered by ethanol as the best clean fuel bet.

Such a fuel would be insulated from geopolitical uncertainties at a time when China has put hurdles in the development of EVs, according to a senior executive of the company.

Offering tax relief and emission norm benefits to flex-fuel vehicles can help in pushing manufacturers to popularize such vehicles, Vikram Gulati, Toyota's country head and executive vice president for corporate affairs and governance, told Mint in an interview.

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