Electric mobility promotion scheme 2024
Electric Mobility Promotion Scheme 2024 (EMPS 2024) scheme is being introduced by Ministry of Heavy Industries, Government of India with the approval of Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance to
Hybrid Electric
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Texas to Tel Aviv
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN What would happen if you cross-bred J. R. Ewing of "Dallas' and Carl Pope, the head of the Sierra Club? You'd get T. Boone Pickens. What would happen if you cross-bred Henry Ford and Yitzhak Rabin? You'd get Shai Agassi. And what would happen if you put together T. Boone Pickens, the green billionaire Texas oilman now obsessed with wind power, and Shai Agassi, the Jewish Henry Ford now obsessed with making Israel the world's leader in electric cars?
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Toyota to make 100,000 units of hybrid car: report
Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) plans to produce 100,000 units a year of a new hybrid-only model slated for release in 2009 at a subsidiary in southern Japan, the Nikkei business daily reported on Saturday. The new car, which will be Toyota's second dedicated hybrid model after the hot-selling Prius, will have a 2- to 2.5-litre engine and will also be sold under the company's luxury Lexus brandname, the paper said.
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Fuel economy of vehicles may rise 45% by '12: Panel
Rajat Guha NEW DELHI IN ORDER to fix stricter fuel economy standards, the government has mooted a calibrated duty structure for cars based on their fuel efficiency. The less fuel efficient a car is, more would be the excise duty
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M&M unveils CNG pick-up vehicle
ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY: Vivek Nayer (left), Vice President-marketing, Arun Malhotra, Senior Vice President-sales, Mahindra and Mahindra launching the Bolero CNG vehicle in New Delhi on Thursday. NEW DELHI: Mahindra & Mahindra on Thursday unveiled its CNG pick-up vehicle
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M&M to speed up e-vehicles; launches CNG variant of Bolero
AIMING to expand its fleet of environment-friendly vehicles, homegrown utility vehicle major Mahindra & Mahindra plans to introduce an array of alternative fuel variants including CNG and hybrid versions of its flagship SUV Scorpio, besides plans to introduce electric vehicles.
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Paying The Price
The signs were discernible two years ago. "It is desirable to watch for incipient pressures building (from)
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From clutches and brakes to hybrid engines
Pune-Based Arm Of US Automotive Co Eaton Is Diversifying Into Electrical Systems Sector Our Bureau CHENNAI AFTER the new age air-conditioned Volvo buses gracing public transport system in Indian cities, it could be the turn of hybrid buses
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UK MPs urge govt to use Jaguars instead of hybrids
A GROUPof British MPs is urging the government to use Tata-owned luxury Jaguar cars instead of Japanese hybrid cars that run on a mix of electricity and petrol. The campaign that could be summed up as "be British, drive British' follows Tata Motors' acquisition of Jaguar and Land Rover in April and its plans to inject about
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Reva ready to license tech to other carmakers
BANGALORE-BASED electric carmaker Reva Electric Car Company is looking at licensing its vehicle technology to other carmakers. One of the largest manufacturers of electric cars in the world, Reva is currently exported to 13 overseas markets in small numbers.
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Take the Green Road
Government should encourage use of cleaner transportation Honda, the Japanese auto major, has launched a hybrid version of its popular Civic model in India, making it the first hybrid car to be marketed in the country. While this is good news for those who want to reduce the size of their carbon footprints, India's high import duty on completely built units