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The Ashok Leyland (AL)-Nissan joint venture is likely to roll out light commercial vehicles (LCVs) by 2011, a company source said today. - Honda to introduce electric vehicle in US in 2010 - Surajeet Das Gupta: India's still the low-cost haven">Surajeet Das Gupta: India's still the low-cost haven - Ashok Leyland in pact with Belgian company - Ashok Leyland: No recovery yet - Sical in JV with Japanese firm - Electric cars to be 10 per cent of demand: Nissan This would be Ashok Leyland"s maiden foray into the LCV sector, which is growing at a higher pace than medium and heavy commercial vehicles segment, the source told PTI. The LCVs would be manufactured at the company"s plant in Chennai, with a capacity of 1.5 tonnes. AL is the market leader on the medium and heavy commercial vehicles front with a market share of around 20 per cent. The eastern region contributes a significant portion of the company"s total sales, the source said. Referring to the bus business, AL is the market leader with a 57 per cent market share. With the JNNURM project, bus sales would get a big boost, the source added. The company had also bagged more than 50 per cent of the total JNNURM orders for buses in metropolitan cities.


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