Reply on behalf of the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) in response to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order September 12, 2024. The matter related to the news item titled "People are breathing in cancer-causing chemicals in their cars study find" appearing in NDTV.com dated May 8, 2024. ARAI …
Days after taxi aggregator Uber announced that 25% of its business came from UberPool, their ride sharing facility, rival Ola on Tuesday released an in-house study showing that it has managed to keep 9 lakh cars off Delhi's streets through OlaShare. The feature was introduced five months ago. Interestingly, Ola …
MEXICO CITY – The Mexican government on Tuesday published a new regulation seeking to reduce air pollution in the Valley of Mexico by establishing “stricter” emission levels for public and private vehicles, as well as better control systems. New vehicles will be exempt from the rule “for up a maximum …
Consumers will have to shell out more for power, fuel and cars in a few years as these industries begin to pass on the burden of technology upgrades being put in place for meeting increasingly stringent environmental and emission norms. The new environmental norms for coal-fired power plants, for example, …
Norway is set to ‘completely ban’ the sale of all petrol and diesel powered cars in the next 10 years. According to Norwegian newspaper Dagens Naeringsliv, politicians from both sides of the political spectrum have reached a concrete agreement that 100 per cent of Norway’s cars should be powered by …
Major car makers like Hyundai and Honda are re-working their strategy to meet the demand for more petrol vehicles. With diesel vehicles facing the wrath of the courts due to pollution concerns, car buyers seem to have begun lapping up petrol variants — prompting automakers to recalibrate their production strategy. …
‘The Dirty Thirty’ report says regulators have yet to take action against carmakers Many of the most polluting diesel cars in Europe have yet to be fully investigated by regulators over their emissions levels, according to a report ahead of a meeting of EU transport ministers on the Volkswagen emissions …
The 11 cities likely to see such a ban include Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad SC, green panel to decide fate of Delhi's diesel cars today In another blow to carmakers, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) is set to consider imposing a ban on the sale of large diesel-powered …
The Central Government moved the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday, asking it not to extend the Supreme Court-mandated ban on registration of vehicles beyond 2,000 CC to 11 cities in the country, saying it would hurt automobile industry growth. The Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises in its …
Electric Vehicles (EVs), primarily Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs), have the capacity to increase energy efficiency, diversify transport energy carriers, and reduce their carbon intensity, supporting the integration of variable renewable energy in the power generation mix and transferring to the transport sector GHG emissions …
Lauding the government's proposed policy on scrapping of old vehicles, auto maker Renault today said phasing out old polluting cars would declog roads and reduce the pollution level in the country. "One Euro-1 car is equal to four non-Euro cars in terms of pollution. So, old cars moving out will …
Bans in Delhi and Kerala are worrying automakers Till about three years ago, diesel was the monarch of all it surveyed. Its affordable price tag made it the darling of customers and carmakers had a field day as sales soared. The first blow came when the Centre knocked off its …
New Delhi: Sudden banning of diesel vehicles is only a knee-jerk reaction, Union road transport minister Nitin Gadkari said on Wednesday. Calling for carrying out a proper study to determine the exact causes of deteriorating air quality in Delhi, the minister said that phasing out of old diesel vehicles can't …
This study investigates consumer incentives for electric vehicles (EVs), including plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and battery electric vehicles (BEVs), in the five largest EV markets in Europe: Germany, the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, and Norway. These markets together account for more than 80% of all European EV registrations …
THRISSUR: The private bus operators are exploring ways to challenge the National Green Tribunal Circuit order banning light and heavy diesel vehicles, which are more than 10 years old, in six cities in the state. Kerala State Bus Operators Federation state vice-president Anto Francis said the federation would soon convene …
German auto major Audi on Thursday launched in India its most powerful car, Audi R8 V10 Plus. "The newly conceptualised high performance sports car (Audi R8 V10 Plus) has been made even tauter and stronger, both on and off the race track. Embodied in its DNA is the know-how acquired …
The Delhi government had constituted a six-member panel on April 23 during odd-even phase- II when it came under flak for increased road congestion reported between April 15 and April 30. The AAP government Wednesday said schools in session were the main reason behind a surge in the number of …
The Supreme Court on Tuesday relaxed its ban and allowed about 64,000 diesel taxis, running on all-India tourist permits, to ply in the national capital region on point to point basis within Delhi and the NCR till the expiry of their permits, ranging from one to five years. A three-judge …
Supreme Court bans fresh registration of all diesel taxis in Delhi Supreme Court bans fresh registration of all diesel taxis in Delhi In a major relief to over 64,532 cab operators, the Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed diesel taxis holding all-India tourist permits (AITP) to operate in the national capital …
New Delhi: It will be business as usual for 64,000-odd all-India tourist permit (AITP) diesel taxis in the National Capital Region, as the Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted its 10-day ban on these cabs, providing a huge relief to call centres which use the vehicles to ferry their 2.5 lakh …
Blueair CEO in a statement said that Delhi's odd-even rule might not be effective enough to counter the city's growing air pollution. "Odd-even number plate scheme can be circumnavigated by simply buying a second car," said Bengt Rittri, Blueair founder and CEO. Sweden-based Blueair had supplied over 1,800 air purifiers …
