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 …
The international conference organized by CSE in New Delhi on August 17, 2011 called for a parking strategy for better management that can control traffic chaos as well as dampen parking demand & car usage.
Domestic car sales posted a 15.76 per cent decline in July, the first time after January 2009. This can be primarily attributed to the hike in lending rates, rising fuel prices and lower production by market leader, Maruti Suzuki, according to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM). The domestic …
Car makers in South Korea are preparing to roll out electric vehicles in Asia's fourth-biggest economy as the government will have set up the necessary support infrastructure, including charging stations, by the end of 2015, the Ministry of Knowledge Economy said Wednesday. Renault Samsung Motors Corp., the South Korean unit …
Big tractor-trailer trucks will have to get 20 percent more miles per gallon by the 2018 model year under the first-ever fuel economy rules for heavy vehicles, announced Tuesday by President Obama. The rules mimic the “light duty” fuel economy standards for cars and sport utility vehicles that have been …
Plan to levy market rate on owners of luxury cars Faced with growing diesel consumption and rising under recoveries, the Union government on Thursday said it was working on “dual pricing of diesel” wherein luxury car owners could be asked to pay the market rate and subsidised diesel restricted to …
The government on Thursday indicated that dual pricing of diesel may be introduced to remove the subsidy enjoyed by car owners, provoking a strong reaction from carmakers. Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said in the Lok Sabha that passenger cars were consuming about 15% of the diesel supplied in the country …
Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in the Lok Sabha today that the government could consider the Opposition’s suggestion to scrap diesel subsidy for car-owners. This isn’t a new idea — it was shot down last November by the petroleum ministry as it was difficult to implement. For, industry experts …
New Delhi:Running your diesel car may soon become more expensive. The government on Thursday said that it would consider a suggestion to remove subsidy on diesel used in passenger cars. “Fifteen per cent (of the diesel sold in the country) is for passenger cars — where we can accept your …
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed and supported the move of finance minister Pranab Mukherjee to consider removing diesel fuel subsidy for diesel car owners. CSE has consistently raised its voice over misuse of public policy on fuel pricing inciting dieselisation, increasing toxic risk from diesel emissions, worsening …
With passenger cars consuming about 15 per cent of the diesel, the Government today indicated that it might do away with the subsidy enjoyed by such vehicle owners. “...we can accept your (Opposition) suggestion and try to work out what mechanism could be found out so that this section (diesel …
The office of India’s prime minister has downgraded the country’s growth forecast for the current fiscal year to 8.2 per cent from 9 per cent earlier this year, the first official confirmation that India will fail to meet its double-digit growth ambitions in the near future. The downgrade coincided with …
Tata Motors today said it is looking to set up assembly operations for its small car Nano in overseas locations, including Asean region and Latin America. While the company has started exports of completely built units (CBU) of the Nano to Sri Lanka and Nepal earlier this year, it is …
Several major auto makers on Friday embraced the Obama administration's proposal to push the industry further away from once-dominant gas guzzlers to more lean and efficient vehicles. The proposal, which is the result of months of negotiations between the Obama administration and auto makers, would require the companies to reach …
Automakers have agreed to produce by the quarter-century mark the most fuel- efficient cars and trucks ever that will leverage new designs and technology, but still rely heavily on gasoline engines. A blueprint announced on Friday by President Barack Obama would boost fuel economy requirements 53 percent by 2025. This …
The Ford Motor Company plans to invest almost $1 billion in northwest India, building factories to make nearly a quarter of a million cars a year, company executives said on Wednesday. The investment is Ford’s latest push into fast-growing markets in Asia and Africa, where it lags other big automakers. …
Federal mandates under the 1970 Clean Air Act have produced cleaner cars, fuels and factories, significantly improving the air Americans breathe. Yet the underlying standards setting limits on ground-level ozone, the main component of harmful smog, have remained unchanged since 1997 — even as science has made it abundantly clear …
The Obama administration and automakers are nearing an agreement to increase fuel economy standards for vehicles to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025, a lower target than the White House had sought. The administration had earlier proposed a goal of 56.2 miles per gallon, while Detroit automakers and Michigan lawmakers …
Renault is weighing a plan to launch vehicle production at a third site in Russia in partnership with its Japanese ally Nissan and its local affiliate Avtovaz, according to the Russian carmaker
Tata Motors is considering pooling engine production. Ratan Tata, chairman of the Indian holding group whose automotive business owns Jaguar Land Rover, has spoken of setting up joint engine production for its mass-market Indian operations and the two UK premium brands. JLR, which specialises in high-end executive saloons and four-by-fours, …
