Fatal Attraction

The thirst for diesel in India is growing. Diesel mania grips the Indian automobile industry and the customers with more and more companies going …

Exhausting Practices

Prescribed as the antidote for all problems related to vehicular pollution, Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificates have been an obsession …

Clear as air

The grim picture of a lung scarred by pollution is of no shock value today. An ailing populace continues to throw up a phlegm of protests. To …

I am green by choice , not by chance

Probably the first chief minister of Delhi to have taken a keen interest in the environment, Shiela Dixit has got a mixed response for her …

The cleanbacks

Good and yet affordable technology for cars without sooty exhaust pipes spewing fumes is close at hand. Their future now hinges on a suitable …

Firepower

Space. The final frontier. It is here that science is seeking ways to make a better automobile engine

Wishy-washy: fuel policy announced

The National Auto Fuel Policy, unveiled by Union minister for petroleum and natural gas Ram Naik on October 6, is a softer version of a soft …

Car manufacturers spurring battery research

The flywheel is one of the options US car makers have in the search for better batteries to run electric cars that will meet future emission …

Killed by indifference

When two young people die in a highway accident, is it destiny or a callous and indifferent administration?

The general folly

Recently, the US-based General Motors has rammed into a controversy involving nearly half a million of its luxury cars spewing alarming amounts …

Dynamics of noise

Researchers in the University of Wales are collaborating with European partners to improve the computer models which predict how a new …

Cars that care

The car industry seems to be finally realising the importance of manufacturing "environmentally-friendly" vehicles

Wanted: A unified, comprehensive vehicle scrappage policy

Such a policy will not only provide vehicle owners a seamless hassle-free experience, but also generate employment and give the metal recycling …

False start

Pollution control agencies are as toothless as the automobile and fuel industry is apathetic to deteriorating urban air quality

China goes car crazy

The land of proletarian bicycles might soon be taken over by cars, which will bring in their wake the problems of pollution and dwindling energy …

Maruti's eco-friendly car for export only

Alto, the export model launched by Maruti Udyog Ltd, features engines that run on unleaded petrol.

Miffed with the greens

Conscious of the pressure upon them, representatives of industry discuss environmental matters at length in the automobile manufacturers' annual meet

Gifted writers

The life of a journalist on the motoring beat is replete with foreign trips, cash and expensive gifts, all in exchange of a slippery pen

What Car?

At the 10th edition of Delhis auto expo, major brands attempt a green image. But what do consumers desire?  

COVID-19 slowed global progress on energy efficiency: IEA report

Shift in energy demand from commercial to residential buildings, and from public to private transport, was largely witnessed, the report noted

The super cars are coming

With aerospace technologies set to revolutionise engine and body design, today's cars could become as obsolete as dinosaurs.

Ethanol car project turns turtle

Proalcohol, the world's biggest project on alternative fuels to run cars is in danger of being wound up.

Indifferent strokes

A four-stroke scooter is all set to hit the market. But in the absence of data, it is too early to tell if it is any different

Developing burden

A research paper brings out the dangers of increasing use of private capital in the developing countries

Half of diesel

Auto Expo '98 was an exercise in marketing diesel vehicles that have a low running cost and a high environmental cost