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Unorganized players give e-bike a bad name

For a growing section of riders, e-bikes are a cool way out of increasing fuel costs. Naveen Munjal’s firm Hero Electric leads India’…

A brush with industry

The coke and diesel men

Consumer information system on fuel economy can help car buyers go green

Fuel efficiency is rarely a consumer’s primary concern, and vehicle manufacturers have little incentive to innovate technology 

Union Budget 2019-20: Blue sky thinking hits grey sky limit

New budget gives miss to blue-sky mission. Offers only a few sectoral hooks in transport and energy to nudge clean air action

EPCA has recommended ban on diesel vehicles in Delhi: environment minister tells Parliament

Benefits of CNG transition are not visible due to growth in diesel vehicles, says recent report by Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) …

As told to Parliament (December 21, 2022): 42.1 million hospital admissions under PMJAY

The admissions were worth Rs 49,468.6 crore and helped reduce out-of-pocket health expenditure 

Auto Expo review: diesel, electric cars dictated trends

Electric and electric hybrid cars still stuck in concept stage

How air pollution hits lungs

Lost track

Ahmedabad authorities plan to scrap cycle lanes in upcoming bus rapid transit corridors

At full throttle

A voluntary effort to promote alternative fuel vehicles in the US goes into overdriveby Chandrachur Ghose

India’s vehicle industry needs EV mandate, finds CSE study

Mandate for production and sale of e-vehicles will help manufacturers increase supply, diversify e-vehicle models

How green is budget?

No incentive for buses, no brakes on diesel cars

Passing the muck

Vehicle manufacturers conveniently outsource most of their polluting processes

Auto Fool Policy

The Auto Fuel Policy makes a mockery of Delhi's pollution crisis by proposing a pedestrian roadmap. Live and die with pollution. You deserve …

Oil price hike: quick-fix measures wont work

Hybrid buses: green steps in dark shadows

The pilot project on electric, hybrid buses for public transport looks more like a friendly nudge to industry to find 'real business' for a …

Mass movement

The anatomy of congestion

Travel today is relatively faster, and people across the world are travelling more than ever before. But at a giant cost: urban roads are choked …

‘Green’ steel, cement for clean energy? Not yet there, says IEA; here’s why

In order to achieve net zero emission target, battery manufacturing capacity for electronic vehicles has to multiply by six times the present …

What you need to know for your next hybrid or electric vehicle purchase

Here’s a guide to understanding hybrid and electric vehicles and deciding which is most suitable for your lifestyle

'Stop soft-pedalling'

Centre rejects Delhi government's proposal to ban diesel cars

A public eyewash

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