Electric vehicles (EVs) are taxed at just 5 per cent but hybrid vehicles are taxed as high as 43 per cent, just below 48 per cent levy imposed on petrol cars.
Recently, Hyderabad Police fined the Telugu cinema star Naga Chaitanya Rs 700 for the use of black tint on his Toyota Vellfire MPV, which is illegal in India.
Naga Chaitanya was on Monday stopped by the Jubilee Hills police for violating the rules. The actor, who was sitting in the car, paid the fine and left the place.