Two wheeler industries mainly comprise mo- peds, scooters, scooterettes and motorcycles. In mopeds TVS-Suzuki is the major producer with about 50 per cent market share. Scooters, which form the largest segment in the industry (37 percent) 348,240 401,002 is dominated by Bajaj Auto and LML. Mumbai, Pune, New Delhi and Kanpur are the main centres of production, in private sector. Public sector units are located at Hyderabad, Bangalore, Satara, Alwar and Lucknow.

The motor cycle producing units are located in New Delhi, Chennai and Mysore. The Indo-Japanese 100 CC motorcy­cles model is becoming very populai in recent days. In scooterettes TVS scooty holds a dominant market share.

The two wheeler industry of the country has come a long way from a modest production of 150 units in 1950 to about 3 million units per year in 2003-04. Table 21.IV depicts the trend of growth in two-wheeler industry between 1993-94 and 2004-05.

The two-wheeler industry has promising fu­ture with the rising income level of the people in both urban and rural areas. Most of the leading players such as TVS-Suzuki, Hero Honda and Bajaj Auto have cut throat competition and are introducing a wide range of new products like catalytic convertors, 4 stroke engines, lean burn engines and fuel injected engines. Next few years will see a flood of new vehicles from various manufacturers, which would be more comfortable and environment friendly.

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Three-wheelers are mostly manufactured by 2 companies, Bajaj Tempo of Pune and the Automo­bile Products of India, Mumbai. The total produc­tion was 16,947 vehicles in 1979.

Defense Vehicles

Vehicles for defense forces are produced by the Vehicles Factory, Jabalpur (1969). The product includes one-tone light Nissan trucks in collabora­tion with the Japanese Company, Nissan. Heavy Shaktiman trucks are also made with license from the MAN Company, Germany.

Exports

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India exports some automobiles and ancillaries to the countries of East Africa, Middle East, and South East Asia etc. Main items of export include buses, trucks, car, jeep, chassis, motor cycle, fuel injection equipment, radiators, engine valves etc. The total value of such exports was Rs. 84 crores in 1978-79.