Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
The Society of Automobile Manufacturers (Siam) has welcomed Government's decision to move over to BS V emission norms by 2019 but said that BS VI in 2021/22 is unrealistic. Vinod Dasari, president of Siam said, "Upgradation to BS V norms would reduce the pollution levels from the 4-wheeler industry by …
Carmaker BMW and soft drinks producer Coca Cola Enterprises are among the latest companies pledging to source all of their electricity from renewable energy sources as they join The Climate Group's RE100 initiative. Four other companies have pledged to secure 100% renewable electricity as part of the campaign - International …
South Korea plans to boost annual production of environment-friendly cars by more than ten-fold by 2020 to cut carbon emissions and tap into a new export market, the country's trade ministry said on Tuesday. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said in a statement it aims to boost annual …
Ford has developed an innovative recycling technique that aims to give a new lease of life to old engines that would otherwise be scrapped. When car engines fail they are typically just taken out and replaced because traditional engine remanufacturing techniques can be prohibitively expensive When car engines fail they …
The National Green Tribunal on Monday sought response from the central government and the German automobile firm Volkswagen on a plea seeking a ban on manufacture and sale of its vehicles in the country for allegedly flouting emission norms. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notice …
Aggrieved by the discovery that her father was a stage IV cancer patient, a Delhi-based school teacher has taken on German auto giant Volkswagen (VW), which already stands exposed for its diesel emission scandal. In a plea filed before the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Saloni Ailawadi has sought a ban …
Members of the European Parliament are expected to vote against car pollution testing rules they say are too soft on automakers and fail to learn the lessons of Volkswagen's emissions cheating scandal, politicians and EU sources said. Members of the Parliament's environment committee said they had cross-party support for a …
NEW DELHI: India's push to produce less polluting BS-VI fuel by 2020 may not necessarily result in cleaner air in heavily-polluted Indian cities for many years after that, as most vehicles on the road will not be able to use this fuel. Life-threatening pollution levels in cities-13 of the top …
China's Geely Automobile Holdings plans to concentrate entirely on developing green energy vehicles, eschewing traditional combustion engines and completely overhauling its product portfolio, the company said on Wednesday. Geely wants 90 percent of sales to be so-called new-energy vehicles by 2020, the company said in a press release. The carmaker …
The recent Volkswagen corporate fraud has exposed gaps in emissions regulations in India and makes the country "extremely" vulnerable as it is "dieselizing" rapidly without the right norms and compliance framework for manufacturers, a green body said today. Centre for Science and Environment CSE) said that the Volkswagen fraud was …
Consumer goods firm Unilever and Elon Musk's Tesla have been identified by global sustainability experts as having made the biggest contribution to climate solutions over the past five years. More than 600 sustainability experts from business, government, NGOs and academia in 69 countries around the world were polled for a …
VW says it has found "irregularities" in carbon dioxide emissions levels, which could affect around 800,000 cars in Europe. The firm said the problem, which it came across while investigating diesel emissions, could cost about €2bn (£1.4bn). Brands including VW, Audi, Skoda and Seat could be affected, a VW spokesman …
Nov 2 (Reuters) - Volkswagen used devices to cheat air pollution tests in diesel luxury vehicles, U.S. environmental regulators said on Monday, in a new blow to the automaker already reeling from similar allegations regarding millions of smaller diesel engines. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it is now looking …
While the earlier plan was to implement BS-V by 2020 and BS-VI by 2024, the Petroleum Ministry sought to skip BS-V and directly implement BS-VI standards by 2020 Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday confirmed that his Ministry still aimed to implement introduction of the cleaner Bharat …
Carmaker meets govt, ARAI; agrees to give evaluation results by Nov-end The emission scandal that broke out in the US has come to haunt German automaker Volkswagen in India, too. The company’s representatives in India on Thursday met officials at the Ministry of Heavy industries and the Automotive Research Association …
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has alleged that Volkswagen Group of America (VW) violated the Clean Air Act (CAA) by developing and installing emissions control system 'defeat devices' (software) in model year 2009–2015 vehicles with 2.0 litre diesel engines. VW has admitted the inclusion of defeat devices. On-road emissions …
German auto giant Volkswagen booked Wednesday its first quarterly loss in 15 years in the wake of the global pollution-cheating scandal which also forced it to lower its full-year forecasts. VW said provisions related to its admission that it fitted 11 million diesel vehicles worldwide with sophisticated software to skew …
The Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) diesel emissions test rigging scandal could accelerate a shift toward gasoline-electric hybrid cars and plug-in electric hybrids - even as cheaper gasoline, for now, saps demand for green cars. The fallout from VW - where the cost of the scandal pushed the German automaker to a first …
Two-wheelers and all other types of vehicles are set to get two new safety features to reduce fatalities. Bikes and scooters will need to have the automatic headlamp on (AHO) like that of Daytime Running Lamps in cars, from April 2017. The road transport ministry is also working on a …
Ahead of government's vehicle safety norms set to kick in 2017, country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) plans to introduce features like airbags and anti-lock braking system as an option in its mass market models. The company has already offered these safety features as standard across all variants of …
