Compliance affidavit by Tahasildar, Jaleswar, District Balasore dated April 22, 2025 in the matter of news item titled "Odisha erection of sand walls in Subarnarekha worries villagers in Jaleswar" which appeared in the New Indian Express dated May 16, 2024. The matter related to erecting of walls in the Subarnarekha …
Battery-run three-wheelers have been plying the Dhaka city roads for about a year without approval of the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority and Dhaka City Corporation.
The UT administration has decided to seal its borders for petrol/diesel-run auto-rickshaws coming from Mohali and Panchkula from tomorrow. The administration has also notified that these auto-rickshaws would be impounded from tomorrow onwards if they ply in Chandigarh. This means that the tricity residents could be in for trouble without …
R. Rajaram TIRUCHI: Physically challenged rail travellers would soon be able to move easily from the entrance of Tiruchi Junction to passenger coaches and vice versa, thanks to a battery operated car that will be put to service at the station shortly. The utility of the battery-operated vehicle facility, sponsored …
Battery driven cars may now have faster pick-up LITHIUM ion batteries are popular in consumer electronics. With maximum energy capacity and slow loss of charge when not in use, they figure in battery driven cars too. But there is a drawback. When in use, lithium (Li) ions take a long …
PPCB for ban on burning of diesel, coal Varinder Walia Tribune News Service Amritsar, January 28 The government is contemplating a ban on use of fuel other than LPG by goldsmiths, hotels and dhabas in the walled city here to reduce pollution affecting the Golden Temple, following a report of …
Electric-Car doubters often say that a vehicle like the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, intended to drive most of its miles on batteries charged from the power grid, is effectively powered by coal. While that is a vast oversimplification, it contains a germ of truth
Though the Delhi Government has been relentless in mouthing anti-pollution slogans in recent times, it seems that when push comes to shove, it is prone to developing cold feet. For a move to use the environment friendly battery operated car for official purposes has recently been turned down by officials …
LG Chem, Ltd. announced as the lithium-ion polymer battery cell supplier for GM’s Chevrolet Volt. The Volt, scheduled to be launched in late 2010, will be the first mass-produced extended-range electric vehicle. LG Chem will be the production source for the battery cells, and Compact Power Inc., North American Subsidiary …
The goal of this project is to explore nanowires (NWs) of Li-ion battery electrode materials for improving the battery energy and power density for electric vehicles. NWs offer advantages of a large surface to volume ratio, efficient electron conducting pathways and facile strain relaxation.
Sandeep Joshi NEW DELHI: In an eco-friendly initiative, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. on Wednesday added eight Reva electric cars to its fleet of vehicles engaged in maintenance work in the Capital. The State-owned company plans to add 32 more such cars in the next few months.
BY JOHN MARKOFF, SAN FRANCISCO Agassi is trying to couple existing electric car technologies with thousands of Internet- connected recharging stations. The State of Hawaii and the Hawaiian Electric Company on Tuesday endorsed an effort to build an alternative transportation system based on electric vehicles with swappable batteries and an
NEW DELHI: Targeting the fast-growing eco-friendly vehicle segment, Lohia Auto Industries (LAI), a part of the Lohia Group, on Friday launched two electric bikes, priced at Rs. 25,000 and Rs.35,000. The company, which has set up a new manufacturing facility at Kashipur in Uttarakhand, plans to introduce electric three-wheeler within …
By Rayyan Rizvi Mumbai Next time you halt to refuel your vehicle and think forlornly of the ever-escalating fuel prices, consider an eco-friendly alternative that is much lighter on the wallet
SHENZHEN, China-A Chinese company best-known for making cellphone batteries says it is on the verge of launching the country's first mass-produced electric car and may also have lined up its first large purchase order. In an interview, BYD Co. Chairman Wang Chuanfu said the car, known as the F3DM, will …
Solar power: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Union Minister for Science and Technology Kapil Sibal riding a solar-electric rickshaw after launching it in Delhi on Thursday. NEW DELHI: Solar-powered rickshaws called green rickshaws were introduced in Chandni Chowk here on Thursday as part of a pilot project. Each of these …
Chennai, IN a bid to boost the usage of battery-operated vehicles in the State, the Tamil Nadu Government has ordered for the registration of such vehicles. The order is imperative at a time when the spiraling prices of fuel are the common man
A future of all-electric cars coasting along streets and highways may be illusory, given that their range may be cut in half by aggressive drivers speeding along with the air conditioning blasting, US scientists said on Monday. That may not be a bad thing, as it will persuade consumers to …
