The T&T Au­to­mo­tive Deal­ers As­so­ci­a­tion (TTA­DA) wants the Gov­ern­ment to give con­ces­sions on for­eign-used hy­brid ve­hi­cles.TTA­DA pres­i­dent Visham Bab­wah said deal­ers have start­ed im­port­ing used hy­brids that run on a com­bi­na­tion of un­lead­ed gaso­line and elec­tric­i­ty.

Speak­ing at a news con­fer­ence on Wednes­day at P and V Mar­ket­ing, Ch­agua­nas, Bab­wah said a used Hon­da Civic hy­brid costs around $135,000 and us­es 60 per cent less fu­el than a con­ven­tion­al gaso­line-pow­ered ve­hi­cle. He said the price can go down if the Gov­ern­ment cuts im­port tax­es.

Bab­wah said hy­brids are a good op­tion for re­duc­ing the fu­el sub­sidy."We are sup­port­ing CNG, but hy­brids can im­me­di­ate­ly con­tribute to the re­duc­tion of the fu­el sub­sidy. If new car buy­ers get a tax in­cen­tive they would go for these cars."