Cars

Reply on behalf of the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) regarding presence of cancer causing chemicals in cars, 06/12/2024

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 …

Auto sales zoom 24% in August

New Delhi: Car sales in August grew a robust 25.5% as companies despatched more vehicles to dealerships to boost stocks ahead of the demand spurt in forthcoming festive season. Maruti, Hyundai, Tata and Mahindra led the growth in car and passenger vehicle sales after a 31% growth in July. Total …

Speed bump makes green power from passing cars

Washington: A team of scientists has created a prototype of aspeed bump that can capture kinetic energy from vehicles passing by, to convert it into clean green electricity. According to a Fox News report, the prototype, known as the

India speeds past China in auto exports

Small Car Expertise Gives Edge New Delhi: China may be the world

Charge!

The Economist GREENS may not like it, but once people have enough to eat and somewhere tolerable to live, their thoughts turn to buying a car. The number of cars in the rich world will grow only slowly in the years ahead, but car ownership elsewhere is about to go …

Indian auto industry can lead lightweighting way: MIT expert

ONE of the ways to look beyond the global recession is for the automotive industry to take a cue from the semi-conductor industry by re-designing itself. Indian auto industry can take the lead in lightweighting as it is still in the early stage of significant growth and hence, not too …

Ford to offer EcoBoost engines in new cars

New Technology To Boost Mileage By 20%, Lower Co2 Emissions By 15% FORD India is looking to introduce its EcoBoost engine technology in its new cars. The company claims the new engine will raise fuel mileage by 20%. EcoBoost, which uses gasoline turbocharged directinjection technology, has already been launched by …

Tatas giving final shape to electric Indica Vista project

INDICA Vista will this year become the second electric car to be exported from India since the Maini Group started selling its Reva as G-Wiz in Europe about five years ago. Tata Motors will soon roll out its

Fuel-efficiency labels on cars to be made mandatory soon

New Delhi, Sept. 2 Come 2011, car buyers will be able to tell how fuel efficient the car is. They will no longer have to depend on data put out by manufacturers, as the Government has decided to insist on fuel-efficiency labelling of all automobiles. The information on the labels …

Why have CO2 emissions increased in the transport sector in Asia?

Rapidly increasing emissions of carbon dioxide from the transport sector, particularly in urban areas, is a major challenge to sustainable development in developing countries. This study analyzes the factors responsible for transport sector CO2 emissions growth in selected developing Asian countries during 1980

Green tech gobbles up rare metals

Los Angeles: The future of wind farms and hybrid cars may well hinge on what happens to a 55-acre hole in the ground at the edge of California

Big Auto eager to drive on Nano tech

Cos Seek To Share Innovations Of Parts Supplier Bosch EVEN before Tata Motors starts full-scale production of the Nano at its Sanand plant in Gujarat, suppliers of key components for the world

Tata to build higher capacity Nano engines

Tata Motors is developing higher capacity engines for its Nano car, to target domestic as well as foreign markets.

Lead Illness in Children Linked to Car Seats

Lead poisoning in children is usually traced to peeling paint in old homes or old lead pipes. But the family car, and the children

Toyota mulls making India small-car hub

TOYOTA Motor Corp plans to make India an export hub for its small cars, leveraging an impending free trade pact with Thailand that will allow duty-free import of parts from the south-east Asian country. The Indian arm of the world

Dead man walking

Pedestrians have ceased to have a place in urban transport plans in India. (Editorial)

Urban transport policy as if people and the environment mattered: Pedestrian accessibility the first step

The rapid growth in motor vehicle ownership and activity in India is causing a wide range of serious health, environmental, socio-economic, and resource use impacts, even as it provides mobility to millions, and contributes to employment and the economy. The loss of accessibility for pedestrians is one of the most …

Two-leg safari

For adventures on streets in the urban jungle

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