The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) on January 30, 2024, issued the Draft End-of-Life Vehicles (Management) Rules, 2024. The following provisions have been stated: Responsibilities
Ford announced the winning project under their Environmental Conservation and Grants program in Sri Lanka. The ‘Fire Prevention in Knuckles Forest Reserve’ project was selected as the winner after heavy
Tata Motors gears up to move one step above ultra low-cost segment with 800cc engine. In early January, when Tata group Chairman Ratan Tata let on that the Nano would see a “resurrection”, and that the
Three more cities are switching over to Bharat Stage (BS)-4 emission norms from Thursday. These cities are Ankaleshwar in Gujarat, Hisar in Haryana and Bharatpur in Rajasthan. Already 13 cities, including Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Pune, Surat, Kanpur, Agra, Lucknow and Solapur are implementing the BS-4 emission norms from 2010 when the national auto fuel policy was announced.
One of the primary concerns with owning an electric vehicle is cost of the battery, the range it offers, and the time it takes to recharge. Those concerns will be significantly lessoned with the development
An expected drop in sales may prompt Mahindra & Mahindra to cut scheduled capacity expansion plans, if the government goes ahead with the imposition of additional tax on diesel vehicles, according to the country’s biggest maker of sports utility vehicles. M&M president (automotive and farm equipment sectors) Pawan Goenka on Tuesday said that the city-based company would be “affected like anybody else” if the diesel tax comes in
Handling auto waste is emerging as a big issue and the automotive industry should create a ‘disposal chain', similar to supply chain, so that vehicles that ultimately turn into scrap bundles can be effectively disposed of, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, R. Chidambaram, said on Monday. Delivering the inaugural address at the fourth edition of ‘Automotive R&D trends 2015: automotive technology – mobility as a system', organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), he said that the issue could not be ignored any longer.
Chennai Reeling under severe power crunch, the Tamil Nadu government has made it compulsory for all industries in the state to take a one-day power holiday from this Thursday. Besides, a 40% power cut would be imposed to all industrial and commercial consumers which will work out as a four-hour power restriction schedule during peak hours from 6 pm to 10 pm.
A cost-benefit analysis shows it makes sense to opt for a diesel car than a petrol version if your usage is high, says Prashant Mahesh. It seems everyone wants to buy a diesel car these days. Or at least
With the aim of discouraging use of subsidised diesel in high-end cars, the Petroleum Ministry has proposed a Rs 80,000 levy on each diesel consuming vehicle in the forthcoming Union Budget, which if comes
At a meeting held under Engineering and Auto Expo-2012 at the State capital, a meeting of foreign companies’ representatives and the State Government was also held during which they were given invitation
