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 …
Three automakers, including the Ford Motor Company, will get the first $8 billion from a $25 billion loan program intended to accelerate development of more fuel-efficient vehicles, the national energy secretary said Tuesday. Ford, the only Detroit automaker that did not receive emergency government loans this year, will get $5.9 …
After months of uncertainty, the Energy Department is beginning to lend money from a $25 billion loan program to develop fuel-efficient cars. Ford Motor Company, Nissan Motor Company and Tesla Motors are slated to get the first round of loans. Energy Secretary Steven Chu is scheduled to make the announcement …
China will give 43,000 yuan ($6,300) in subsidies to buyers of hybrid car buyers in the southwestern city of Chongqing, the first state initiative for private cars, the Shanghai Securities News said on Friday. The subsidy, from the local government, will be given for the Jiexun brand hybrid sedan made …
Most motorcyclists are happy enough to go green, except when it comes to the bikes they ride. Pollution-free electric scooters and bicycles have been available for a while but nothing on the market so far has come close to providing what bikers would regard as a ride with the style …
With a series of compromises on the stickiest issues behind them, the House Energy and Commerce Committee is poised to approve far-reaching legislation on energy and global warming by the end of next week. Where it goes from there remains highly uncertain. President Obama on Wednesday praised the committee
Norway opened a 560 kilometre (350 mile) "hydrogen highway" on Monday with more than a dozen hydrogen-powered cars rallying along a scenic route between its capital city Oslo and North Sea oil hub Stavanger. Norwegian oil and gas producer StatoilHydro has built several hydrogen filling stations between the two places …
Honda Motor Co said on Monday its new Insight model became the first hybrid to be crowned Japan's best-selling car last month. The Insight went on sale in Japan in early February as Honda's first real attempt to challenge Toyota Motor Corp's dominance in the gasoline-electric hybrid segment. A ranking …
Getting a staggering mileage of over 3,800 kilometres per litre plus seems unlikely, but this is the standard of fuel economy the teams competing in the Shell Eco-marathon project will be trying to achieve. The three-day event begins at the Euro Speedway Lausitz
California's newly adopted low-carbon fuel standard may mark the beginning of the end of ethanol's coveted status as the sole US alternative motor fuel. The US state with the most cars late on Thursday approved the world's first-ever regulations to slash emissions of planet-warming carbon dioxide from vehicle fuels. The …
Britons will get cash incentives to buy electric and plug in hybrid cars, the Labour government announced on Thursday, reports our special correspondent. The Labour government said it would provide help worth
Motorists are to be offered up to 5,000 pounds to encourage them to buy electric or hybrid cars under a new government plan. The plan also sets aside 20 million pounds for charging points and infrastructure to develop a network of what the government calls "electric car cities". The incentives …
K. Raju Low running cost, no need for disposal of batteries are its benefits DINDIGUL: Four final year engineering students of P.S.N.A. College of Engineering and Technology have designed pilot model of a car that can be operated with hydrogen in the water, an alternative energy to fossil fuel. The …
Minor metal lithium is set to charge ahead to become the top material for batteries and vital for electric transport, but supplying any spike in demand could be fraught with difficulties. Bolivia, a poor but resource-rich country governed for the past three years by leftist Evo Morales, has about 50 …
The European Investment Bank approved 866 million euros ($1.2 billion) for loans to carmakers to make cleaner cars as part of a package to help the sector. The money is part of a 7 billion euro lending package to the ailing European auto industry that the bank, the European Union
