New Delhi : German luxury carmaker Mercedes- Benz can bring in BS VI emission compliant models as early as 2018 to India for which it can also forge partnership with oil firms for higher grade oil.
The car maker has already sought help from various ministries, including Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, which has asked them to get in touch with oil and gas firms. “We would be ready as early as 2018. We could bring the first set of vehicles in 2018 into the country,” Mercedes-Benz India MD& CEO Roland Folger told PTI when asked about the company’s plans regarding launch of vehicles compliant with Bharat Stage (BS) VI emission norms. The move would, however, depend on issues like availability of BS VI grade fuel by 2018, he added. “We are already talking to some of the oil and gas companies or it is going to be something which nobody expects us to do,” Folger said.
