Montgomery hopes that this bike, among Scott's other two-wheelers, will help him engineer a U.S. comeback.

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But similar demand-driven growth in things like consumer durables, automobiles and motorized two-wheelers is not evident.

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Today it makes everything from tractors, two-wheelers and trucks (with Navistar) to SUVs, sedans and electric cars.

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Hero Electric is an arm of the Hero Group, the leading manufacturer of two-wheelers in India.

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New mopeds with engines below 50cc would then qualify for a state handout of 300, 000 lire and larger two-wheelers for 500, 000 lire.

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"People want to move from two-wheelers to four-wheelers, " he says.

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Last week I interviewed Sohinder Gill, the CEO of Hero Electric, the largest maker of electric two-wheelers in India, to learn about the state of electric vehicles in India.

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Japan's National Institute of Advanced Science and Technology has come up with a take on the Segway concept that's unlikely to encourage the Japanese government to allow standup two-wheelers on its roads.

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Having proved his worth in high-end two-wheelers, F.

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Over the next five to six years, India plans to spend up to 138.50 billion rupees to boost the market for electric cars and plans to have about 5.0 million to 6.0 million of such vehicles--which includes two-wheelers, three-wheelers and small trucks apart from passenger cars--on the road.

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