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If you want a VIP number for your vehicle, then you have to apply online for it. For this, first you have to go to the official website of the Ministry of Road Transport. After this you will have to register yourself as a public user. Then you have to choose your preferred number and reserve it by paying the pre-determined fee here. Many categories have been fixed for these numbers as well and their prices are also different.

How to reserve number

After following the steps given above, you will have to book your preferred number. After depositing the fee, you will have to participate in the auction of the selected number. If you win this auction, that number is registered in your name.

These are VIP number plates

The Transport Authority assigns a number of numbers between 0001 to 9999 as VIP numbers in each alphabetical series. They are also separated into many categories, whose price is different.

VIP number plate prices

The base price for Super Elite category numbers like 0001 is Rs 5 lakh.

For Single Digit category numbers like 0003, 0005, 0009 etc., the base price is Rs 3 lakh.

For Semi-Fancy category numbers like 0100, 0666, 4444, 8000 etc., the base price is Rs 1 lakh.

For other VIP numbers like 0786, 0010, 0099 etc., you get a base price of Rs 2 lakh.

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Maruti Suzuki Celerio CNG

Mileage: 35.60 km/kg

Maruti Suzuki has launched the CNG version of the new generation Celerio this year. It is the highest mileage CNG car in India. It comes with a 1.0-litre K10C dual-jet naturally-aspirated petrol engine, which delivers 56 hp of power and a peak torque of 82.1 Nm. The engine comes with a 5-speed manual gearbox. Maruti Suzuki Celerio CNG is priced at Rs 6.58 lakh.

Maruti Suzuki WagonR CNG

Mileage: 32.52 km/kg

The Maruti Suzuki WagonR CNG comes with a 1.0-litre naturally-aspirated petrol engine, which can generate 56.2 hp of power and 78 Nm of peak torque. The engine only comes with a 5-speed manual gearbox. The price of Maruti Suzuki WagonR CNG starts from Rs 6.13 lakh and goes up to Rs 6.19 lakh.

Maruti Suzuki Alto CNG

Mileage: 31.59 km/kg

The CNG version of the Maruti Suzuki Alto gets an 800cc naturally-aspirated petrol engine, which generates 39.4 hp of power and 60 Nm of peak torque. The engine only comes with a 5-speed manual gearbox. The price of Maruti Suzuki Alto CNG from Rs 4.89 lakh to Rs 4.95 lakh.

Maruti Suzuki S-Presso CNG

Mileage: 31.20 km/kg

The Maruti S-Presso CNG gets a 1.0-litre naturally-aspirated petrol engine, which generates 56.2 hp of power and 78 Nm of peak torque. The engine only comes with a 5-speed manual gearbox. The Maruti Suzuki S-Presso CNG is priced between Rs 5.24 lakh and Rs 5.56 lakh, ex-showroom Delhi.

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Citing unnamed sources, the business daily said the testing methods may have been used on dozens of models.

Mitsubishi said last week it overstated the fuel economy of four domestic models, including two produced for Nissan Motor Co <7201.T>, and that it used testing methods which were not compliant with domestic regulations going back at least to 2002.

A Mitsubishi spokesman declined to comment on the report. The company plans to hold a briefing later in the day.

(Reporting by Naomi Tajitsu; Editing by Edwina Gibbs)

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More than 300,000 electric cars were sold in China last year, Miao Wei, the head of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology told reporters on the sidelines of the annual meeting of parliament on Sunday.

The reliability, mileage and lifespan of electric batteries needs improvement and China needs to speed up the installation of electric car charging stations, Miao said.

(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Additional reporting by Kathy Chen; Writing by Sue-Lin Wong)

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NEW DELHI/BEIJNG (Reuters) – Indian conglomerate Mahindra & Mahindra is re-thinking the strategy for its loss-making Korean automaker Ssangyong Motor Co, tapping the brakes on its planned push into the United States to focus instead on China.

Mahindra’s Executive Director Pawan Goenka told Reuters the company was in talks with Chinese firms to enter into a contract manufacturing agreement or form a joint venture to build Ssangyong vehicles in China, where it currently exports to from Korea and sells through a local distributor.

Mahindra rescued Ssangyong from near-insolvency in 2011, acquiring a stake of just over 70 percent, but South Korea’s No. 4 car maker has struggled to break even, reporting a net loss of 61.9 billion won ($51.6 million) for 2015, although it made a net profit in the final quarter.

Making cars in China would mean Ssangyong could lower its prices there, and Goenka said it made sense to focus on expanding sales in an existing market before going to the United States and building a distribution network from the ground up.

“China is easier to look at right now because Ssangyong already has a presence there. We have some traction and need to ramp up our products for local manufacturing,” Goenka told Reuters.

“China is here and now, U.S. is the future. We are still deciding what it takes for us to launch in the U.S.”

Boosting overseas sales has taken on a greater urgency for Ssangyong due to slumping sales in Russia, once its biggest export market contributing more than 20 percent of total shipments.    Exports made up only a third of Ssangyong’s total sales of144,764 vehicles in 2015, down from more than half in 2014, when it sold 141,047 vehicles, and substantially short of its target for exports of 60 percent of total sales.

Also, the Korean car maker does not currently have a vehicle that meets U.S. regulatory requirements, Goenka said.

“The U.S. is not somewhere you can go in without significant investment in product and brand development. Given the various priorities we have, the U.S. is now somewhat on the back burner, but not stopped,” Goenka said.

CHINA CHALLENGE

Goenka, who is also chairman of Ssangyong, did not give details about which Chinese companies it was talking to.

Under Mahindra’s ownership, Ssangyong is investing nearly $1billion in refreshing its product line-up. Mahindra hopes the launch of its new compact sport-utility vehicle (SUV) Tivoli, which has seen strong demand in South Korea, will help drive up sales in China, where smallish SUVs are booming.

While the China market might appear a good fit for Ssangyong’s budget-focused models, growth in the world’s biggest car market has slowed significantly and an effort to set up production there faces challenges.

Most global car makers already have a joint venture or production agreement with local companies, which could make it tough for Ssangyong to find the Chinese partner it needs to build cars there.

Also, given rampant excess auto production capacity, China’s industrial policymakers are no longer so generous in allowing foreign automakers to form a joint venture with a Chinese firm.

Because imported cars are subject to high duty, Ssangyong’s share of the Chinese car market is miniscule compared with market leaders such as Volkswagen AG and General Motors Co.

Overall, China car sales rose a relatively sluggish 3 percent to 24.6 million vehicles in 2015. Ssangyong sold some 2,460 cars in China in last year, down from 11,976 in 2014.

“Yes, right now China is down, but if we can get the right pricing then I think we should be able to benefit there,” Goenka said.

CHINA VS U.S.

Mahindra had said in 2014 it was studying the possibility of selling Ssangyong cars in the United States.

An executive at Ssangyong’s team working on its U.S. strategy said he was not aware of any plan to put the project on the back burner, pointing out it did not envisage entering that market until around 2020.

“I have never heard that before. Never. As far as we are concerned, we are going ahead with the project,” said the executive, who declined to be named because he was not authorized to speak to the media. “In fact we are supposed to discuss it in the upcoming Ssangyong board meeting in March, and we have been preparing for it since mid-January.”

Goenka said the company was working with consultants on assessing the U.S. market and a final proposal had yet to be made to Ssangyong’s board of directors.

Another source familiar with the matter told Reuters that “there could be a difference of opinions” between the management teams at Ssangyong and parent company Mahindra regarding the United States. “My understanding is that Mahindra wants Ssangyong to take a breather in the U.S. entry plan, while Ssangyong is making progress in the project,” the source said.

A Ssangyong spokesman in Seoul declined to comment.

In 2014, Ssangyong held talks with Geely Automobile Holdings about the possibility of contracting the Chinese firm to manufacture its cars in China, according to three individuals involved in the discussions.

The talks foundered on Geely’s condition that any Ssangyong cars it built would carry the Geely brand name and be marketed through its distribution channel, the sources said.

(Additional reporting by Hyunjoo Jin in SEOUL and Himank Sharma in MUMBAI; Editing by Alex Richardson)

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