Top of the greens

A new generation of electric cars is moving down the ramp. Running on fuel-cell technology, these are being called the eco-friendliest cars by far

The crossover

Fuel cells are more important to a developing country like India than developed countries. But the corporate sector is slow.

Inklings

In which we trace where the world stands with fuel cells and some clear signals of the technology to come

Hurdles

Narrow business interests and an apathetic political leadership will never allow fuel cells to take off

THE FUTURE OF CLEAN ENERGY

A simple chemical reaction is the basis of fuel cell technology. Fuel cells run on hydrogen to provide electricity. The only byproduct is water …

Passing the muck

Vehicle manufacturers conveniently outsource most of their polluting processes

Advice goes unheeded

Hyundai rapped for violating green laws after failing to clean up its act

New auto emission norms delayed

Automobile manufacturers unprepared  

Economics of congestion

SIAM's small step forward

A public eyewash

The inspection and maintenance programme is nothing more than testing tailpipes of vehicles in India. The government should stop wasting …

Accountable automatically

Emission warranty and recall system have compelled the automobile manufacturers in the US and Sweden to take serious anti-pollution measures

Weed them out

The challenge is how to isolate "gross polluters" from the vehicle fleet and send them back to the manufacturers

Whose responsibility is it anyway?

Two years after the Supreme Court directed the setting up of two independent fuel testing centres in Delhi, one is yet to be commissioned

Is Naik serious about Auto Fuels Policy?

Ecomilestone

Recycling of discarded vehicles soon to be mandatory in Europe

Gas distress

Tourism plans for Andamans go on, tsunami notwithstanding

Plastic oil

Ideal disposal for waste plastic bottles

Moneymakers

Moneymakers

European Commission to adopt Euro 6 emission norms

Driven for and by the people

GRP has emerged as a truly democratic indicator of the direction in which corporate environmental governance is headed

THE MONEY MAKERS

Engine trouble

The Indian auto industry has got stuck with obsolete engines. It needs a jump-start