New Delhi, Nov 14 (PTI) No leniency must be granted to small cars in the corporate average fuel efficiency (CAFE-III) norms on the basis of weight and affordability as it would compromise safety features while distracting from concrete action towards sustainable mobility, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd MD & CEO, Shailesh Chandra said on Friday.

In a Q2 earnings call, Chandra said as per the small cars definition recently reaffirmed under GST 2.0 based on length and engine capacity, the company is the second largest producer of small cars in India with over 85 per cent of sales coming from the same and it has "absolutely no concerns in meeting CAFE norms with even such high share of small cars".

"We see absolutely no justification for any special concession for this specific category

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