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 …
The Obama administration has reached a compromise with automakers on a new fuel economy target for cars and trucks, ending months of negotiations on this pivotal mandate for the auto industry. Automaker fleets will now have to average 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025, according to people familiar with the …
The Obama administration and automakers are nearing an agreement to increase fuel economy standards for vehicles to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025, a lower target than the White House had sought. The administration had earlier proposed a goal of 56.2 miles per gallon, while Detroit automakers and Michigan lawmakers …
The Obama administration and the auto industry are locked in negotiations over new vehicle mileage and emissions standards that will have a profound effect on the cars Americans drive and the health of the auto industry over the next decade and beyond. Depending on the stringency of the standard, the …
Johnson Controls expects the number of vehicles built to allow "start-stop" technology will more than triple in five years as automakers worldwide seek better fuel efficiency. Already included in some vehicles, start-stop allows a car's engine to shut off when the vehicle is at rest, for instance, at a stop …
Google, a pioneer of self-driving cars, is quietly lobbying for legislation that would make Nevada the first state where they could be legally operated on public roads. The cars, hybrids, have a laser range finder on the roof, as well as radar and camera sensors and more equipment in the …
- Tech cradle tops all-India auto design contest with zero-emission vehicle Students of National Institute of Technology (NIT) Adityapur are gaining speed in the race to revolutionise automotive technology. At the 4th Annual Baja SAE (Society for Automotive Engineers) India 2011, held in Indore between January 28 and 30, an …
Jamshedpur, Feb. 8: Imagine a car that uses only a trickle of precious petrol to give a jaw-dropping mileage of 130km per litre (kmpl). Thanks to a group of students of Adityapur-based National Institute of Technology (NIT), such a
Praveen Bose / December 17, 2010, 0:20 IST With automotive manufacturers striving to match stricter emission norms set by regulatory authorities, they have begun considering nanotechnology as a necessity. With precise structuring and exceptional physical and mechanical properties, nanomaterial-based products have the potential to redefine energy and materials applications.
Gangtok, Dec 6: A class XI science department student of Jawaharlal Navodya Vidhlaya at Rabong in South Sikkim has made a design of an eco-friendly vehicle which works on the principle of electromagnetic induction magnetism (EMIM). Seventeen-year-old Deepak Gupta developed the design to prevent emission of harmful gases.
As Sergio Marchionne brings back Fiat SpA to the US after nearly three decades, he may add another Italian speciality: the natural gas engine. Marchionne, who is chief executive officer of Fiat and Chrysler Group, says natural gas engines offer a better way to cut emissions because they
TWOSOME:A model sits at the wheel of the Nissan NuVu electric concept car during the Paris Auto Show in 2008. (below) The Renault Laguna Coupe car is on display at the show. The Paris Motor Show, the world's first auto salon, is shaping up to be perhaps the most notable …
The vehicle will have a maximum speed of 130 km Invests about $34 million to create the new car SEOUL: Hyundai Motor on Thursday unveiled South Korea's first full-speed electric car, designed to tap into the increasingly competitive electric auto market, hailed as the industry's future. The country's largest car …
London, June 10: British automobile engineers have designed hydrogen fuelcell powered cars which they claim will be tested on UK roads by the public for the first time. The two-seater car, which weighs only 350 kg and can recapture its own motion energy when braking, providing 80 per cent of …
Darshana Chaturvedi | TNN Vadodara: A group of five budding engineers from a city-based engineering college have successfully developed a hybrid car that can run on both fuel and battery. Unlike other car models that have engines, their car has a motor that doubles up as a generator. The motor …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Among the flood of projects that have been rolled out by various engineering colleges is a prototype electric car developed by the students of Marian Engineering College, Kazhakkoottam. The final year students of mechanical engineering - Jithin Vishnu, Manuraj N.R., Jithin Dev S., Jefferson R. Davis and Jishnu S. …
JIM MOTAVALLI Italian marque readies hybrid version of the 599 GTB in time for the Geneva Motor Show in March You don't buy a Ferrari expecting the latest in reen technology, but here are signs of environmentally friendly evolution in Maranello. Not only did Ferrari's chief executive, Amedeo Felisa, tell …
