Short affidavit on behalf of the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board (RSPCB) in terms of the National Green Tribunal order dated January 22, 2025. The application was registered suo motu by the NGT on the basis of a news item titled "Toxic kilns pollution Aravallis; wildlife and locals suffer" appearing …
Danny Goodman / New Delhi May 01, 2009, 0:50 IST Bangalore-based Reva Electric Car Company (RECC), two-wheeler maker Bajaj Auto and Tata Motors are finalising plans to launch electric vehicles in Europe and the US to take advantage of subsidies these countries are offering as part of their environmental agendas. …
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
A US-French joint venture plans to build North America's first lithium-ion battery cell plant as part of a belated drive by the US public and private sectors to close the competitive gap with Asian electric-car technology. Johnson Controls, based in Wisconsin, and France's Saft, which opened a similar facility in …
Itanagar: President Pratibha Patil left behind her limousine and used a small electric car to go around the Raj Bhavan grounds while on a visit here last week. As the presidential entourage was getting ready to leave for a forward post called Kibithu near the Sino-Indian border on Friday, an …
France's Renault and Japan's Nissan will supply electric cars to the Irish market within two years as part of a government plan to have 10 percent of vehicles electric by 2020, Ireland's Energy Minister said on Friday. "Today's initiative will transform our streets, will cut carbon emissions and change the …
The Japanese government may start offering subsidies of up to 300,000 yen (US$3,000) on hybrid cars and other environmentally friendly vehicles to cut greenhouse gas emissions and boost sagging auto sales at the same time, the financial daily Nikkei said in its Saturday edition. Besides hybrids and electric vehicles, Nikkei …
Washington: In what is claimed to be the first potential applications of synthetic biology, researchers have now shown that viruses, otherwise harmful to humans, can power cars and electronic gadgets. A team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has revealed that it can genetically engineer viruses to build both the …
This article introduces a multiagent simulation framework for investigating the emergence of niche markets for environmentally innovative products. It clarifies how consumer preferences, business strategy, and government policy interact during market development. The framework allows investigation of the effects of uncertainty and agents' corresponding coping strategies. We describe the model, …
Nury Vittachi (20 March 2009) should really examine the position of electric vehicles in Sri Lanka. Here, electric bicycles are quite popular, especially in the dry zone, where petrol sheds are few and far between. Electric cars are less popular and electric commercial vehicles are almost non-existent. Sri Lanka is …
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 …
Geneva: Get ready for the next generation of fuel efficient cars. A slew of green technologies that use less fuel and pollute lesser, along with alternatives like electric vehicles, are on display at the Geneva Auto Show this year. What
Hybrid vehicles could help reduce dependency on oil If all the cars on US roads were converted to hybrids, the amount of carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles in the year 2050 would measure the same as what was recorded in the year 2000. So says a recent study conducted at …
SEOUL: Hyundai Motor Group said Sunday that it planned to invest nearly $6 billion this year, similar to 2008, and would focus on developing environmentally friendly automobiles as it eyes longer-term growth beyond the current crisis. The global auto industry is reeling under an unprecedented demand slump that has resulted …
