There is a need to promote multiple green technologies in cars due to India's geographical diversity and in order to build self-reliance and achieve national energy security goals, amid emerging geopolitical situations leading to supply constraints, according to Toyota Kirloskar Motor. Stressing a multi-technology approach, the automaker believes that battery electric vehicles, hybrids, flex-fuel vehicles, and emerging technologies like hydrogen all have a role to play due to geographical diversity and consumer acceptance. The company, a joint venture between Japan's Toyota Motor Corporation and India's Kirloskar group, said that a multi-technology approach is required towards combating carbon emissions, which EVs and hybrids alone cannot tackle. "Given the diversity we have, the challenges of consumer acceptance, the infrastructure readiness, the energy mix, I think all of these technologies together will be needed to deliver on the national objectives of energy security, reduction