Reply by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in compliance to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order dated January 21, 2024 in the matter of ‘News item titled “Feeling anxious? Toxic air could be to blame” appearing in Times of India dated 10.10.2023’. NGT had directed CPCB to file a …
AT&T; Inc. will spend up to $565 million over 10 years on alternative-fuel vehicles for its corporate fleet, the most significant investment by a U.S. company in transportation powered by natural gas. The Dallas-based telecommunications provider will purchase 8,000 vehicles that run on compressed natural gas for its fleet of …
Automotive technology in its futuristic form could well mean cars with reduced air friction that rotate 360 degrees, making reversing and parking easier. From Saturday to Monday, students at the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi got a taste of such innovation, with Japanese carmaker Nissan showcasing its models, including the 360 …
Country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki today said it would disclose fuel efficiency information of its entire range of vehicles, a norm that Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers envisaged to bring into effect from January and April. "The voluntary disclosure of fuel economy is a proactive measure undertaken by the company …
High levels of oil imports and high crude oil and gasoline prices in recent years have led to increased interest in the U.S. fuel supply. Recent congressional interest has focused on alternatives to petroleum, ways to improve the efficiency of the U.S. transportation sector, and ways to improve the stability …
Vehicle fuel economy (FE) norms are being implemented world over to conserve energy and for reduction in carbon dioxide emissions. In the USA, fleet average FE standards were set beginning from the year 1978, but these remained stagnant after the year 1992 until the year 2005 when the standards for …
Vehicle fuel economy (FE) norms are being implemented world over to conserve energy and for reduction in carbon dioxide emissions. In the USA, fleet average FE standards were set beginning from the year 1978, but these remained stagnant after the year 1992 until the year 2005 when the standards for …
Europe's local authorities and bus companies will have to buy greener, more fuel-efficient vehicles in future, following a vote by European Union lawmakers. The move is expected to boost eco-friendly vehicles by increasing their share of local governments' annual demand for around 110,000 cars, 110,000 vans, 35,000 lorries and 17,000 …
Manas Dasgupta VADODARA: It may not be long before the cars will be running on the Indian roads literally on water! Sounds amazing, but the senior researcher of the central government
Pune, September 19 A new machine for autorickshaws is set to serve a three-fold purpose: raise fuel efficiency by 30 per cent, reduce pollution levels and increase the driver
The Government has decided to implement a new duty structure to promote the import of clean fuel vehicles from 2009 and to provide tax concessions on par with existing schemes applicable to local industries for local assembly of clean fuel vehicles with a local value addition of 25 per cent, …
Sri Lanka Cabinet approved tax reductions to all locally assembled and manufactured cleaner fuel vehicles at yesterday's Cabinet meeting. Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Champika Ranawake has submitted the proposal seeking approval to implement a proposed excise duty structure to promote the importation of various types of clean fuel …
Students at Bheri Technical Institute (BTI) in Nepalgunj have successfully developed and test-drove on Wednesday a vehicle named 'Niful' that runs on solar power and batteries. A team of students studying for the Diploma in Electrical Engineering at BTI developed the three-wheeler that uses two batteries and a solar panel …
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 …
Fri Sep 12, 1:40 PM ET UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Friday touted his commitment to promoting alternative energy sources by commuting to work aboard a fully solar-powered taxi. "I hope that this Solartaxi, one of the alternate sources of energy, can give some good messages …
It will use lithium ion batteries Battery charging stations needed SHAH ALAM: A Dutch company announced plans on Tuesday to produce affordable electric cars by the end of 2009, promising that they would be much more powerful than existing models and have zero emissions. Detroit Electric is in negotiations with …
