The role of e-fuels in decarbonising transport
Rapid deployment of low-emission fuels during this decade will be crucial to accelerate the decarbonisation of the transport sector. Significant electrification opportunities are available for the road
Fuel Efficiency
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Bearing climate burden?
Pack animals help reduce carbon dioxide pack animals, including horses and mules, are known to transport pilgrims and goods. Now, these animals serve another important purpose, a study has shown. They help reduce CO2 emissions. This, researchers concluded after studying six major valleys
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Car makers flock oil-rich west Asia
TOKYO/DUBAI: Custom-made Rolls-Royces, stretch Hummers and bright red Maseratis line the entrance to Dubai
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Consumers to get fuel info
New Delhi, Sept. 4: Come new year automobile buyers will be better informed about the fuel efficiency of vehicles as SIAM has decided to provide fuel consumption information chart along with other registration documents to consumers at the time of purchase. "Starting January 2009, all automobile makers will begin the process of dis-playing the fuel consum-ption information at the point of sale of passenger cars and two-wheelers, along with the document-ation of the vehicle," Soc-iety of Indian Automobile Manufacturers president, Mr Ravi Kant, said.
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Merc to launch hybrid cars by '10
Bs Reporter / New Delhi September 5, 2008, 0:40 IST Germany
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Energy guzzlers see gains in cleantech
Manufacturers smell opportunities in clean technology; infrastructure sector sees savings in efficiency
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Maruti Suzuki to use K-series engines in all car models
Bs Reporter / New Delhi August 21, 2008, 1:05 IST In what would be a generational change in its engine technology, India's largest car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki has decided to introduce the new K-series petrol engine in all its cars in India in the next three to five years, according to the company's annual report for 2007-08.
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US shift to smaller cars raises concern
BY JOHN CRAWLEY WASHINGTON An accelerating US consumer shift from sport utility vehicles and pickups to more fuel-efficient cars should reduce rollover, but safety experts worry a lighter fleet poses serious risks despite air bags, anticollision systems and other advances.
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Kerosene dole may fuel solar lanterns
THE poor may now hope to use nonpolluting lanterns instead of carbon emitting kerosene lamps. The government is considering a proposal to use a portion of kerosene subsidy to fund distribution of solar lanterns in rural areas. The proposal, discussed in the Prime Minister's Energy Co-ordination Committee (ECC) meeting recently, is to formalise a scheme after extensive consultation with the state governments. The move assumes significance amidst growing concerns over rising cost of fossil fuel, particularly crude oil. India imports over 70% of its crude oil requirement.
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Review of international policies for vehicle fuel efficiency
At Gleneagles, United Kingdom in 2005, the G8 leaders signed a communiqu
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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?