Auto industry has decided that it needs new engines
Time is starting to run out for the internal combustion engine. No one is saying the pistons and crankshafts that powered automobiles and auto industry for more than a century will disappear right
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Anti-pollution device may be mandatory
Pollution abatement devices are likely to be made mandatory for vehicles with two-stroke engines in the capital soon, Lieutenant-governor Tejendra Khanna said here on
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No fuel without PUC certificates
Having failed to persuade petrol pump owners to sell fuel only to vehicles with pollution under control certificates, the Delhi government has issued a notification making it mandatory for petrol
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Ford unveils low-emission vehicle programme
Ford Motor Co aiming to appear as environmentally friendly as its Japanese competitors, announced an expansion of its low emission vehicle programme to include all of its 1999 model year
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Detroit will showcase its 'green' car technology
Big Three US automakers, aiming to shake the perception that they'd rather sell big trucks than help stop global warming , will show their green side next week at their hometown auto show. Chrysler
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Green fuel come before deadline
Delhi becomes the first city in the country to exclusively run its vehicles on unleaded petrol from Tuesday. But almost all of the city's 289 petrol pumps have started vending unleaded petrol, even
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Delhi bids farewell to phat-phatis
Decades of deafening, pollution-spewing history are to be wiped off New Delhi's streets this week when motorcycle taxis with vintage Harley Davidson engines make a forced final exit. Come Friday, the
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Escorts ropes in IDBI to fund 2-wheeler project
Escorts Yamaha Motor Ltd has tied up with Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) and a consortium of other banks to raise funds for its Rs 525 crore two-wheeler project. The vehicle YBX 125 is
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Review of decision on old vehicles sought
The Federation of Transport Unions Congress today filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking a review of the court's earlier decision to remove more than 80,000 commercial vehicles from the city's
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SC relaxes deadline for 15-year-old vehicles
The Supreme Court today relaxed its October 2 deadline from imposing a ban on 15-year-old commercial vehicles, including buses, taxis and autorickshaws. The court fixed December 31, 1998, as the new
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Oil sector gasps for 'cleaner' air
Oilmen everywhere insist they have as much of an interest in seeing their children breathe clean air as do environmentalists. But they argue European oil industry profits and jobs could vanish if
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Paris experiment gives pockets of carless calm
Under a French government pilot program called " a day in town without my car," habitual drivers were pressed to leave their cars at home and rediscover the pleasures of walking, cycling, scootering,
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DTC launhces eco-friendly bus
The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) launhced an eco-friendly bas, designed and manufactured by Tata Engineering and Locomotives Company (TELCO), to be run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) at a
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Diesel Zen offers high-fuel economy
The much awaited diesel version of Maruti Zen, due to launch today, is a highly fuel-efficient car. If driven at a steady speed of 50 kilometres per hour, the car is expected to give a fuel economy
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Maruti signals 'green' revolution
The country's largest car manufacturer, Maruti Udyog Ltd (MUL), is comtemplating to give a greener look to its popular passenger cars in line with the Government initiative to promote low-emission
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Clean air costs will fall on oil industry as well as carmakers
For carmakers and oil men, big numbers come with the job. But the massive estimates being bandied about as the cost of the European Union's plans to cut vehicle pollution from 2005 have left both -
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IOC to launch catalytic convertors in October
Indian Oil Corporation plans to launch in October, a catalytic convertor for two wheelers in the Capital. "The launch in the Capital is just the beginning and by the year 2000 all the cities will
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SC firm on phasing out 15-yr-old commerical vehicles
The Surpeme Court has refused to extend the deadline for phasing out 15-yr-old commercial vehicles beyond October 2. Rejecting the Delhi government's offer to scrap commercial carriers of more than
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STA turns down city offer
With the Delhi Government setting up a fresh deadline of August 20 for the Blueline operators to join the kilometre scheme, the STA Bus Nyay Panchayat has once again rejected the
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Experts disagree over the pros and cons of using lead-free petrol
The Delhi government's message that use of unleaded petrol means trouble -free fuel is misleading, warn environmentalists in the capital. They have warmed that the incorrect use of unleaded petrol