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 …
SMALL ENGINES MAKE BIG NOISE The city has been breathing a lot easier ever since a majority of auto-rickshaws plying the road changed to CNG a couple of years ago. But a recent BMC study shows that there has been little respite from noise pollution caused by three-wheeler cargo carriers …
Many of the world's biggest automakers on Wednesday detailed ambitious electric-car plans that promise zero emissions but will demand patience from consumers and subsidies from governments to succeed. Nissan Motor Co, BMW's BMWG.DE> MINI, General Motors Corp and Volkswagen's Audi were among the automakers who promised, at the Los Angeles …
Swaraj Baggonkar & Anirban Chowdhury / Mumbai/new Delhi November 19, 2008, 0:07 IST Pawan MunjalThe response of at least two out of the five sectors to which Finance Minister P Chidambaram today appealed to cut product prices in order to revive demand has not been encouraging at all. While the …
NEW DELHI: Targeting the fast-growing eco-friendly vehicle segment, Lohia Auto Industries (LAI), a part of the Lohia Group, on Friday launched two electric bikes, priced at Rs. 25,000 and Rs.35,000. The company, which has set up a new manufacturing facility at Kashipur in Uttarakhand, plans to introduce electric three-wheeler within …
After being successful in developing the habit of sporting helmets among two-wheeler drivers and removing black films from the car windows, the Ranchi traffic police is all set to embark on a drive against the vehicles polluting the air in the city. A strict vigil would be maintained on the …
Domestic automobile companies are equipping new car models with the next-generation, Euro-V engines, which will facilitate them to explore newer export markets in Europe and the US. The auto majors have introduced a range of petrol engines for their compact cars, which comply with the Euro-V norms and are meant …
The state transport minister Mr Subhas Chakraborty has convened a meeting to discuss the issue of banning all vehicles as old as 15 years with the public transport operators at Writers
The government subsidises diesel to appease electorate, but there is also a brighter side of this appeasement policy. Diesel is stated to be an efficient fuel, finds Sushmi Dey. THE interim report of the review committee on auto fuel policy, submitted to the petroleum secretary R S Pandey recently, interestingly, …
By Rayyan Rizvi Mumbai Next time you halt to refuel your vehicle and think forlornly of the ever-escalating fuel prices, consider an eco-friendly alternative that is much lighter on the wallet
Berkeley (California): It is a classic road rally, 600 miles from the liberal embrace of Berkeley to the anything-goes lights of Las Vegas. No speeding is allowed, or in some cases even possible. And if you stop to refuel, it had better be in someone
PASSENGER-VEHICLE SALES in China fell for a second month in a row in September, dropping 1.4% from a year earlier to 552,800 vehicles and heightening worries about a demand slowdown. Sales of passenger vehicles in the January-September period rose 11.4% to 5.1 million units, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers …
Latha Jishnu Now that the Nano has found a safe haven in Gujarat, one can hear the huge sigh of relief across the country as millions of potential car owners let out their breath. As the Tatas struggled with an obdurate West Bengal politician who was clearly impervious to the …
