# EVs not the only solution, says TVS Motor’s Venu Srinivasan 2026-10-05T10:52:28+00:00 | Business & Economy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 3 independent outlets Venu Srinivasan, Chairman Emeritus of TVS Motor Company, said on Monday, 5 October 2026, that electric vehicles are not the only answer to cutting emissions. Speaking at the IFQM Symposium 2026, he argued the auto industry must remain technology-agnostic and allow customers to choose from internal combustion, hybrid, EV, CNG or ethanol. Srinivasan backed ethanol blending in petrol, saying it would reduce India's dependence on fuel imports and that the marginal drop in vehicle performance should not deter adoption. He said consumers need not have a choice of blends up to E10, but beyond that level material concerns may warrant an option. EV growth, he said, should be allowed to grow naturally, especially in urban areas. He also stressed the need for Indian manufacturers to raise quality and productivity standards to secure a larger share of global markets, saying India must be synonymous with quality. ## Indian Opinion Analysis All three outlets carried identical wire copy or near-verbatim interview quotes, giving uniform straight reporting with no discernible slant. CNBC-TV18, which conducted the interview, published the fullest version including Srinivasan's remarks on Africa exports and TVS's quality journey, while Business Standard and BusinessLine ran an abridged syndicated feed. The coverage uniformly presents Srinivasan's views as an industry veteran's opinion rather than a policy stance, with no outlet challenging or endorsing his position. The story leaves open how the government's ethanol roadmap will evolve and whether consumer choice at higher blends will be mandated. ## Coverage Coverage: 3 sources, 3 neutral - cnbctv18.com (neutral report) Direct interview format, leads with Srinivasan's quotes, no editorial framing - business-standard.com (neutral report) Straight reporting, syndicated feed, no slant discernible - thehindubusinessline.com (neutral report) Straight reporting, same structure as Business Standard, no slant This brief was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: ethanol blending, IFQM, TVS Motor Company, Venu Srinivasan Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/evs-not-the-only-solution-says-tvs-motors-venu-srinivasan/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/evs-not-the-only-solution-says-tvs-motors-venu-srinivasan/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/