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 …
Why US auto makers are seeing red over a new law on green cars Going green is some- thing US auto makers will have to get used to. As per the new Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards passed by the House of Representatives in the Congress, every car in the …
Dehradun, September 25 Scotching speculation that the Tatas had made up their mind to manufacture the Nano from Uttarakhand, Chief Secretary, Indu Kumar Pande, said on Thursday that there was no such proposal from the Tatas so far. The announcement follows a much-hyped meeting between the state Government and Tata …
IN THE recent past, there has been increasing opposition to the use of diesel as a fuel and the so-called dieselisation of our vehicles. This opposition is ill-informed. In fact, there is a clear case for greater dieselisation of our fleet along the lines of the European Union. The only …
Jamshedpur, Sept. 15: Pollution has been a cause of concern for people for some decades now, but few steps have been taken to control it. Tata Motors Limited today organised a seminar on carbon emission reduction as part of an awareness campaign at Management Training Centre in Telco today. S.B. …
New Delhi, 8 September A recent study by Global insight forecasts India to be one of the largest manufacturers of small cars (A-segment) by the year 2013. Global Insight, a worldwide leader in providing market intelligence, has credited the country's technical expertise, low cost, stable economy, current government policies favoring …
Nandini Sen Gupta & Chanchal Pal Chauhan NEW DELHI TATA Motors is going full steam ahead with its distribution and financing plans for its Rs one-lakh car Nano. And like its engineering, both the retail and financing models being worked out for the Nano are innovative too. According to auto …
New Delhi, Sept. 4: Come new year automobile buyers will be better informed about the fuel efficiency of vehicles as SIAM has decided to provide fuel consumption information chart along with other registration documents to consumers at the time of purchase. "Starting January 2009, all automobile makers will begin the …
Manufacturers smell opportunities in clean technology; infrastructure sector sees savings in efficiency The bigger the climate change risk, the bigger the business opportunity. This is the inference from the initial trends that are emerging from the responses of a select group of companies from the manufacturing and infrastructure-metals sectors during …
The state environment is set to issue a notification that will provide police more power to crack down on manufacturers and users of katatel. The notification will ban fuel production without the state pollution control board
BALASORE: North Orissa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NOCCI) has urged Ratan Tata to set up the ancillary complex of its Tata Nano-Auto at Balasore. The request came days after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik rolled out red carpet for the Nano project in the State.
BY YOGESH MEHENDALE MUMBAI Cashing in on high fuel prices, electric bike manufacturers are planning to expand their businesses in the Indian market. Mr Avinash Bhandari, director, operations, Electrotherm, manufacturer of YO Bykes said, "Now customers are realising that there is an alternative to petrol-driven vehicles. In the last one-and-a-half …
A federal appeals court on Tuesday threw out an Environmental Protection Agency rule limiting the ability of states to require monitoring of industrial emissions. The 2-to-1 ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is the most recent in a series of judicial setbacks …
This report describes an evaluation framework for identifying optimal (best overall, taking into account all benefits and costs) transportation emission reduction strategies. Current evaluation methods tend to undervalue mobility management (also called Transportation Demand Management or TDM) strategies that change travel behavior to increase transport system efficiency, due to biases …
THE collapse of world trade talks could be a boon to Australia's ailing carmakers, making it easier for the government to keep tariffs on imported cars, an analyst said on Thursday. The comments came as Australia's left-leaning Labour government received a report into the car industry, with manufacturers and trade …
Success of popular bike-sharing system spawns new idea Green dreams: Mayor Bertrand Delanoe launches the Velib cycles in Paris in July 2007. PARIS: Paris' ambitious Mayor has a new "green dream' after the spectacular success of his bike-sharing scheme launched a year ago: a version for electric cars. Under Bertrand …
Pankaj Doval & Rupali Mukherjee | TNN New Delhi: Auto and consumer durables industries are fearing a slowdown as interest rates are expected to rise after RBI's decision to hike CRR and repo rate. Sales may go down as customers would not be much inclined to enter showrooms with auto …
Chanchal Pal Chauhan NEW DELHI MAHINDRA&Mahindra; (M&M;) and French carmaker Renault are discussing the possibility of selling cars made in Renault-Nissan's manufacturing facility in Chennai through Mahindra-Renault, their 51:49 joint venture. Refuting reports of any break up with the French carmaker, utility vehicle major M&M; clarified that both the auto …
The bad news for all potential car buyers is that the price of crude oil has now topped $147 a barrel, which means hikes in fuel prices is only a matter of time. The good news is that India leads the world in the growth rate of dollar millionaires. At …
