The car manufacturing company ‘Tata’, based in New Delhi, India is planning to release an electric version of their Indica hatchback, as soon as next year. In 2010 the car is going to be released on general sale in Norway first, then in India, following to the U.S. hopefully within just one more year.

The car was showcased at Wednesday’s industry show in Europe, where it received as much praise and publicity as their previous model of gas powered car, the Nano, which is also the world’s cheapest brand new car. Other manufacturers such as GM, owners of Cadillac, are now begginning to ‘pull up their pants’, and start serious work on their electric vehicles, to try and ensure that they do not lose the race to release the first plug-in car.

It is not just GM that are begginning to pick up the pace on the release of their electric vehicles. Nissan and Mitsubishi are also trying their absolute hardest to release their vehicles sooner rather than later, although the technology, whilst it is relatively well known and advertised, is still in early stages. 

It looks like India will be the clear winners in this battle to beat the competitors to the market.