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 …
For all their disputes, President Obama and Mitt Romney agree that the world is warming and that humans are at least partly to blame. It remains wholly unclear what either of them plans to do about it. Even after a year of record-smashing temperatures, drought and Arctic ice melt, none …
Delhi BRT corridor Experts say the controversy over the bus corridor reflects class divisions in the Indian society A government initiative to reduce traffic chaos in the Indian capital, Delhi, by creating a special fast lane for bus users has run into a major controversy. The city's first experimental Bus …
JAIPUR: With nearly 400 vehicles being added to the city's burgeoning fleet of private cars and commercial vehicles, the level of air population has sharply gone up along with a corresponding rise in the number of people suffering from respiratory problems. In an alarming report prepared by the Centre for …
KOLKATA, 3 OCT: The state government is considering a proposal to set up underground car park in the city for smooth flow of traffic. A meeting to discuss the matter was held at Writers' Buildings last week. Beside the ministers senior officers of city police attended the meeting. Senior police …
Cars use more space, crowd the road and move far fewer people. Our educated road planners must count people, not vehicles I write this stuck in traffic. Nothing unusual. But my location makes me realise, once again, how our highway route to progress is going nowhere. The road I am …
Britain needs a more ambitious programme to encourage the uptake of low-carbon vehicles, as sales of the cars have disappointed, a committee made up of UK Members of Parliament said on Thursday. As part of its aim to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050, …
The finance ministry is considering whether it can lower the excise duty The government would take a hit of about Rs 6,000 crore this year if it rolls back the excise duty of Rs 1.5 per litre on diesel it levied last week. Under pressure from the Trinamool Congress, the …
A new US fuel efficiency standard finalised by the Obama administration last month will jolt America's nascent electric car industry to life, but could leave European auto manufacturers racing to catch up, analysts and industry sources say. From 2025, American cars and light trucks will have to achieve a standard …
Report says 10% objective competes with food production and should be scrapped in effort to reduce food price spikes European targets to replace fossil fuels with biofuels are contributing to spikes in food prices and global hunger, according to the latest analyis by Oxfam. The aid organisation is calling for …
M&M;, Tata Motors, Nissan, Ford and General Motors going ahead with plans KETAN THAKKAR MUMBAI A hike of . 5 in the price of diesel has not curbed the enthusiasm of utility vehicle (UVs) makers, who are set to launch six SUVs and multi-purpose vehicles (MPVs) in the next six …
DOWNPLAY FEARS Maruti Suzuki, M&M; and GM India say diesel hike may defer demand slightly, but sales to be better than last year A . 5 increase in diesel prices may have provided another telling blow on an already slowing down Indian passenger vehicle space, but industry players are still …
Plans to launch Reva NXR with lithium ion battery by Diwali Two months ahead of the launch of a much-awaited next-gen electric car, Mahindra Reva Electric Vehicles Pvt Ltd is finalising an aggressive product road map to expand its business in India and foreign markets. The Mahindra Group company, which …
Other Vehicles Barred From Dedicated Lane, Signalling To Change For Simultaneous Right Turn New Delhi: This weekend, the Ambedkar Nagar-Moolchand Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor will go back to its original state, at least for now. Delhi High Court on Tuesday gave a direction that the traffic flow on the …
The environmental activists are up in arms at the fuel consumption of the new Golf, claiming it isn't good enough. Protesters gatecrashed the Golf launch as part of a continuing campaign against the German maker. Last year, they produced their own Star Wars advertisement that claimed that VW had gone …
The transportation sector accounts for approximately one-fifth of global final energy consumption and will account for nearly all future growth in oil use, particularly for road vehicles. The right policy mix can allow countries to improve the fuel economy of road vehicles, which in turn can enhance energy security and …
Developing countries need to transition to a low-carbon transport sector now to avoid locking themselves into an unsustainable and costly future, says a report by the World Bank. According to "Turning the Right Corner: Ensuring Development Through a Low-carbon Transport Sector", technical progress will take too long to fix the …
Improvements panel passes proposal first made in 2010 The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s Improvements Committee on Thursday passed a contentious proposal to reserve the management of 50 per cent of the civic body’s parking spaces in the city for women self-help groups. According to the proposal, first put forward in 2010, …
If the government can’t raise diesel prices, it should at least stop subsidising diesel cars The public sector oil marketing companies are bleeding due to large under-recoveries on account of diesel. They have been waiting for the government to raise their prices. Since the under-recovery on petrol is around one-tenth …
The US government Tuesday finalized record high standards to double fuel efficiency for cars and trucks by 2025. Under the new standards, fuel efficiency will increase to 23.17 kilometers per liter. The new standards apply to cars and light-duty trucks for Model Years 2017 to 2025, the White House said …
Not long ago, the Obama Administration raised the federal fuel efficiency standards, known as CAFE, to an average 35.5 mpg by 2016. Yesterday, they announced the CAFE were being raised again to historically high levels. For model year 2025, the average fuel economy for cars and light-duty trucks will be …
