MUMBAI, India, April 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202623030904 A) filed by Nextgen Tech Initiatives Pvt. Ltd., Thane, Maharashtra, on March 14, for 'a hybrid drive system for a vehicle.'

Inventor(s) include Godkar, Rohit Arvind; Nachane, Mehul Satish; and Godkar, Sharad Rajaram.

The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A retro-fittable hybrid drive system (106) comprises an electric motor (108) and a hybrid drivetrain assembly (110), and is configured between IC power pack (500) and an axle of a vehicle to allow different modes of operations, comprising an IC engine mode, an electric m...