The Corona Virus outbreak in China has led to restrictions on movement of people and business activities in many provinces of China, in order to control the spread of virus. The closure of factories in China may affect Indian industries, which import components, intermediaries and raw materials from China like …
Aug. 28: Despite the government making the use of LPG and CNG in public vehicles in major cities mandatory, autogas companies are facing hurdles in getting the necessary approvals for setting up gas stations, said Mr S.M. Antony Thomas, the CEO of Indian Autogas Company Ltd (IACL). To deal with …
TOYOTA Motor Corp plans to make India an export hub for its small cars, leveraging an impending free trade pact with Thailand that will allow duty-free import of parts from the south-east Asian country. The Indian arm of the world
The state transport department is planning to allow registered autorickshaws without permits to ply on existing routes or on ones where three-wheelers have been operating illegally to hasten their switch to LPG. Around 30,000 autorickshaws in Calcutta, Howrah and North and South 24-Parganas are registered with the transport authorities but …
Zoom 31% In July On Easier Financing Facility, New Model Launches New Delhi: Car sales jumped 31% in July, showing growth for the sixth consecutive month, riding on new models and easier retail financing. Led by higher demand for models of companies like Maruti and Hyundai, total car sales in …
As Sadhan Maiti drove his 16-year-old auto past a police van on Sunday, the two-stroke sham behind the ban smokescreen was out in the open. Maiti, one of the 70,000-odd auto drivers benched by the high court-imposed ban on polluting vehicles, did not take out his rickety three-wheeler from August …
CAR sales bounced back in urban centres in July on cheaper loans, improved consumer sentiment and better corporate results, after slipping 10% in the last one year. Sales of new cars grew 12% last month in 20 cities, including Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Cochin, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Calicut and Kolkata, which usually …
A senior leader of the Delhi BJP, Vijender Gupta, demanded that the Delhi government should issue a white paper on the purchase of low-floor buses in the Capital. The Congress in its assembly election manifesto promised to replace Blueline buses with low-floor buses if it was voted to power. But …
FORDis working towards launching a small car in India in early 2010 even as its Focus small car is topping the charts in the US. The company on Tuesday showcased a small car prototype, codenamed B517, at a dealer meet in Chennai. The four-door hatchback will be powered by a …
A small, retrofitted LPG kit may make 10,000 two-stroke autos street legal but they will continue to pollute more than the four-stroke ones, warn experts.
Old out but no sign of new Calcutta was meant to get cleaner air without compromising on transport but poor planning has ensured that there are no replacements yet for the 70,000 polluting autos and 6,300 taxis going off the road on Saturday. According to official records, only around 1,900 …
India should pare emissions not just to help in the war against global warming but because being carbon-lean also makes eminent economic sense. Kicking and screaming, India, the fourth largest emitter of greenhouse gases in terms of absolute volumes, is being dragged into the global campaign to limit carbon emissions. …
AUTOMOBILES Many expectations of the automobile sector have been belied in this budget. It is hoped that there are further positive and growth-oriented measures coming up to enable the industry rise to global challenges. Provisions: Direct tax deduction for in-house research.C Specific component of excise duty on large cars/utility vehicles …
Jamshedpur, July 14: Soon the steel city will be the first in Jharkhand and Bihar to have LPG-run vehicles. The Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) is set to launch an Auto LPG Centre (LPG dispensing station) and special kits for LPG driven vehicles on July 23. The maiden LPG dispensing …
After showing the graffiti-scarred city how to keep its walls clean at poll time, Salt Lake seems to be leading the clean-fuel move with around 50 per cent of its two-stroke auto fleet going visibly green. Officials of the Regional Transport Authority (RTA), North 24-Parganas, and Citu leaders told Metro …
The government is making a hush-hush move to give two-stroke autos an escape route. The writ so far, ruled by court pressure, was to scrap all polluting two-stroke autos and allow only four-stroke single-mode LPG ones to ply on city streets. Now, the administration is plotting the conversion of two-stroke …
The transport department has decided not to renew the route permits of commercial vehicles 15 years and older as part of the first concerted attempt with the environment department to implement the court
