Mahindra & Mahindra expressed that it shall be rolling out on the red carpets the micro-hybrid version of its upcoming versatile machine Xylo prior to the year-end, as it moves up to launch two electric cars from the Reva string by the end of the year 2011.

While many of the customers are aware of the concept of Hybrid, the Micro-hybrid is an advanced step into the same arena where the machine switches off the engine mechanically putting it on the idle mode and restarts with the wink of pressing the accelerator, without switching on the engine time and again.

However the same alternative is already present in its brands like the SUV Scorpio and Bolero Maxi Truck.

According to the president of the automotive and farm equipment division, Pawan Goenka, New Delhi expressed that the group is planning to roll out the Xylo micro-hybrid before the end of the year. He further added that there already about 50,000 micro-hybrid vehicles from the M&M domain donning on the roads now.

Upon asking, the president of the automotive and farm equipment division upon the roadmap for the newly grabbed electric car manufacturer Reva, he expressed that the group is looking forward for the commercial launch of Reva NXR and NXG by the fourth quarter of the year 2011.