The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, (MoRTH) on March 15, 2024, notified the Central Motor Vehicles (Registration and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility) Amendment Rules, 2024 to further amend the Motor Vehicles (Registration and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility) Rules, 2021. The following has been stated: In rule 5,- …
Imagine a system for cleaning alcohol from the exhaust gas of engines or industrial machinery, which is based on yeast. Suntory, a Japanese company based in Osaka that is better known for producing whisky, is patenting a system whereby the exhaust pipe is connected to a filter containing cultures of …
despite Cabinet approval to use liquified petroleum gas ( lpg ) as a fuel for vehicles, the government will not be able to implement the decision without first amending the Motor Vehicles Act. This is because Section 52 of the act prohibits the use of lpg in motor vehicles. However, …
a voluntary programme has been launched by the us Environment Protection Agency ( epa ) to encourage state and local governments and businesses to retrofit older diesel engines with pollution control devices. Under the "Diesel Retrofit Initiative,' pollution from existing heavy-duty diesel engines used in trucks, buses and construction equipment …
IF you are a twelve or thirteen-year-old school child in Kansas, USA one of your text-books is to be doctored by fundamentalists. The modified sections are on historical geology and palaeontology. Chapters on fossils, and oil and gas deposits are to be deleted. For the young of Kansas, the history …
THE great compressed natural gas (CNG)-diesel debate has touched new, abysmal levels of absurdity! Consider the choice before us. On the one hand we have the noisy, foul-smelling, poison-belching diesel engines that choke our cities and their citizenry in noxious fumes and clouds of suspended particulate matter. On the other, …
The UK police department is testing a new generation of digital speed traps that could make it impossible for drivers to beat speed checks. Until now, most speed traps use radar to detect the speed of vehicles and a camera with a flash to identify those going too fast. But …
after compressed natural gas ( cng ), liquefied petroleum gas ( lpg ) seems to be the most favoured fuel in India for those who want to switch over to an environmentally-cleaner option. While cng has been introduced as clean automotive fuel in Delhi following the Supreme Court order of …
H B MATHUR While the last century belonged to liquid fuels, this century is going to witness a preference for gaseous fuels, which are renewable and also comparatively cleaner. With time there is bound to be a shift towards gaseous fuels such as natural gas and ultimately hydrogen, which is …
Many manufacturers displayed an array of alternative clean technologies at the Auto Expo. Joining the bandwagon was Vialle Alternative Fuel Systems, an Indo-Dutch joint venture which specialises in CNG and LPG alternative fuel systems for petrol vehicles with the capability of designing alternative fuels specifically for individual models. The company …
general motors corp ( gm ) recently announced that it had developed a sedan prototype that is powered by fuel cells and is four times as efficient as its current gasoline engines. According to engineers of the company, the fuel cells operate on hydrogen and get the equivalent mileage of …
The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers has moved the Bombay High Court to seek a clarification on whether the India 2000 and Euro II anti-pollution norms apply to two and three-wheelers. In September 1999, the high court had directed that those private non-commercial vehicles (like cars, scooters and motorcycles) that …
Andhra Pradesh chief minister, N Chandrababu Naidu, has hinted at the phasing out of vehicles that are more than 15 years old on the lines of restrictions imposed in Delhi. The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board has been instructed to target government vehicles that fall under this category. Naidu expressed …
the us-based Union of Concerned Scientists (ucs) have taken the petrol vs diesel debate head on in view of the public health implications of the expanding diesel market share following rising diesel car sales in the country. The organisation is dedicated to the advance of responsible public policies in areas …
ENGINE ALTERATIONS: Modifications in the engine chiefly relate to changes in the combustion process to reduce the formation of harmful pollutants. Though nox emissions are reduced while lowering the maximum temperature reached during combustion, it inhibits the complete oxidation of soot leading to higher particulate emissions. • Injection timing retard, …
It weighs 20 kgs, measures approximately 52.8 cubic metres and is powered by a two-stroke engine. It can be unpacked in under two minutes and never collects a parking ticket. It is the new generation portable car. Developed by Vaios Pamagiotou, a mechanical engineering student at the University of Brighton, …
As the global energy crisis escalates, eco-friendly modes of transport are being increasingly ignored. This is reflected in the rapid growth in air travel, which has increased nearly 100-fold since 1950. It touched an all-time high in 1998 with 2,600 million passenger-km (a measure of passenger traffic that takes into …
the Hong Kong government has unveiled a comprehensive blueprint to combat the city's deteriorating environment. Topping the clean-up campaign are efforts to improve the quality of air, which has deteriorated sharply during the past couple of years. Diesel-powered vehicles, such as taxis and mini-buses, are the prime targets of the …
Two-stroke engines are adding to air pollution in Karachi, say newspaper reports. According to experts, these engines fitted in motorcycles, rickshaws and several thousand four-wheelers are contributing more than 50 per cent of the air pollution, particularly in more congested areas of the city. Inter-sections, where air pollution is the …
the Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company ( telco ) filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court in the case regarding air pollution in Delhi on October 4, 1999. It appeared to misrepresent the World Health Organisation's view that there are no safe levels of particulate pollution, and undermined the seriousness …
to clean up Delhi's air, the Environment Pollution Authority (epa) for the National Capital Region (ncr) has recommended the Supreme Court to impose a complete ban on new diesel-driven private passenger vehicles in the ncr . The epa' s report has also made several important recommendations
