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 …
For a city which is choking on the vomit of its vehicles, the recent auto exposition in Delhi was grotesque. The exposition revealed trends which will make matters much worse for our air and health. It is not just the sheer number of brands which will hit the Indian market …
in the wake of growing environmental concern, vehicle manufacturers are now designing products that can be dismantled into reusable pieces. Auto-makers have already made efforts to design cars that could be easily stripped down. A joint-venture company of three big auto-makers
rather than manufacturing flashy and "dream models', the new mantra for carmakers around the world seems to be "ecological' and "environmentally-friendly'. The 32nd Tokyo Motor Show which was held between October 24 and November 5 in Japan, featured 771 concept and production models displayed by 64 companies from 14 countries. …
As the number of vehicles produced around the world increase every year, so does the pollution from these vehicles. The number of automobiles on the roads around the world have increased around ten-fold in the past 50 years. Analysts predict that the number will double in the next 25 years. …
A fuel-efficient car has been deve loped in the UK that would run 2,500 km to a litre of petrol. Graham Paul and his colleagues at King's college, London University, have used a carbon fibre to design the chassis of the car. Carbon fibre is used to produce light and …
THE COMPLETE PICTURE: Televisions all over the world display only 88 per cent of the image broadcast by TV stations. Now, Korean-based electronics company, Samsung is developing televisions that will display the missing 12 per cent. Called HiTron TV sets, these televisions are 2.5 centimetres wider than usual. Conventional TV …
A scientist in the US envisions that owners of tomorrow's electric cars would not only buy electricity for their vehicles but they could also be able to sell it back. Willett Kempton at the University of Delaware, Newark, usa, believes that these cars could replace many power-generating plants. Electric cars …
fifty years after Chuck Yeager, the American test pilot, became the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound, Squadron leader Andy Green of the Royal Air Force (raf) has achieved the same feat on land. Green, 35, drove the jet-powered British car, Thrust ssc to set the …
There is death in the air and more and more people are dying prematurely every year. In 1991-92, studies revealed that around 40,000 people were dying in India due to air pollution. By 1995 the figure had shot up dramatically to 50,000. Is our quest for economic growth self defeating? …
The government has planned to step up operations during 1998 to cut greenhouse gas emissions. For this purpose, the country is trying to develop greener technologies, conduct more experiments and attract investments from domestic and foreign business houses. An action plan has been formulated by the government's environment agency so …
Chrysler Corporation, an auto-maker in the us, is developing a five-seater car that is mostly made of plastic. The two-cylinder vehicle would travel nearly 20 km per litre of petrol, and cost half the price of a conventional car. It would require one-third labour and investment cost needed for conventional …
the government has announced mass emission standards for motor vehicles manufactured on and after April 1, 2000. For passenger cars, 2.72 grams per km of carbon dioxide and 0.97 gm per km of nitrogen oxide and hydrocarbon have been laid out. Under the conformity of production, the standards laid down …
Researchers are developing smart shock absorbers that would smooth out bumps experienced by moving vehicles. Bayer, a chemicals company in Leverkusen, Germany, has developed an electro-rheological fluid for the shock absorbers. The fluid allows shocks to adjust when a car passes over bumps. The product developed by Schenck, a Darmstadt …
an electronic nose fitted with air-conditioning of a car would prevent toxic gases from entering the cabin. A team of researchers led by Julian Gardner of the engineering department at Warwick University in the English Midlands, uk, has developed the sensitive device that may also be fitted to exhausts of …
a chemical process would make automobile catalytic converters more efficient in reducing air pollutants. Chaitanya Narula and his colleagues at the chemistry department of Ford Motor Company Research Laboratory in Dearborn, Michigan, have developed the sol-gel technology that would target emissions during first 90 seconds of starting the vehicle. Most …
researchers in the us say liquid nitrogen-fuelled vehicles could help reduce carbon dioxide emissions and possibly reverse global warming. The vehicle works on the same principle of an old-fashioned steam engine, but uses nitrogen in place of water. A team of researchers led by Abe Hertzberg at the University of …
toyota Motor Corporation, Japan's biggest car manufacturing company, is expected to introduce low emission vehicle models in the market later this year. Company sources say that the fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emission levels of the hybrid cars will be half as compared to its other gasoline-powered models such as …
CAR manufacturers around the world are currently focusing on magnesium, which is increasingly being considered as the alternative to aluminium. The search for lighter cars with reduced fuel consumption and exhaust emissions is making car manufacturers around the world converge on magnesium. Magnesium is a light, white metal occurring naturally …
An award-winning vehicle designed at London's South Bank University by engineering graduate Paul Chapp may provide an alternative to conventional mopeds and motor- cycles. The scooter's 12-volt battery receives a charge from the solar papel above the rear wheel, producing enough electricity on a bright day to give it a …
