Fuel efficiency standards: Did Centre buckle under pressure from industry?

The government has stalled standards that could have made heavy-duty vehicles guzzle and pollute less. Is it hand-in-glove with the industry or …

CSE study exposes massive environmental dumping of old and used vehicles in Africa, South Asia

Urgent global intervention is needed to stop the unregulated dumping and reduce health and climate risks

If done well, sticker scheme to give way to better pollution control measures

Colour-coded sticker scheme meant to regulate highly polluting vehicles will be implemented in October in Delhi-NCR

New device developed to tackle pollution in high traffic zones

Prototypes of WAYU have been installed at the ITO Junction in central Delhi and Mukarba Chowk in north Delhi; 54 more units would be installed in …

Electric vehicles are becoming more popular, but which countries are buying them?

A new report by the International Council of Clean Transportation has come out with a new briefing paper on the electric vehicles market. This …

Lax global laws let the rich junk polluting vehicles in low-income nations

Rich nations are dumping their old, used and close-to-being-scrapped vehicles in low-income vehicle importing countries of Africa and South Asia …

My clean air concerns

The bottomline is even with the region practically closed down, air quality is still nowhere close to where we need it to be. This should worry …

Will Costa Rica's ambitious plan to negate climate change work?

The Central American country does not have any law restricting use of fossil fuels, but it has stepped up its ambition to fully …

How Delhi’s draft e-vehicle policy stands out

Here’s a lowdown on what the policy offers to meet its aim of 25 per cent new vehicle registrations by 2023

Compressed Air Vehicles can be a potential mode of urban transport in India

They are clean, easy to drive, comparatively low cost and do not take a lifetime payoff

Why Kashmir University should prefer footfalls over whizzing cars in its campus

The university recently declared a war on black carbon through a decision to ban fuel-burning vehicles in the campus. The decision has gone down …

'The Niti Aayog mandate has the potential to make India an e-vehicle hub'

Down to Earth speaks to Manu Sharma, general manager of Hero Electric about the recent Niti Aayog announcement to run all-electric vehicles on …

Economic Survey 2018-19: Increasing access to charging points key to boost electric vehicle sales

Only 0.06 per cent of the total cars in India are electric, while China has two per cent and Norway has 39 per cent

Union Budget 2019-20: Govt makes major push for easy adoption of e-vehicles

The sops include tax deduction of Rs 1.5 lakh on loans taken to buy e-vehicles, more charging station in smart cities, highways 

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

No buyers for e-cars in govt departments, Centre extends deadline

So far, only 652 vehicles have been deployed when the target was 10,000, said Union Minister of State for Power and Renewable Energy RK …

As told to Parliament (July 22, 2019): States asked to form biotechnology coordination panels against GM crops

All that was discussed in the House through the day

What commuters want

Rather than a top-bottom framework which assumes what people need, a bottom-up framework involving user perceptions will help in re-designing …

Patna's new home delivery: pollution under control certificates

Bihar transport department moves in as car owners complain of few testing centres amid hefty fines

Gujarat has put just one e-vehicle on the road in last six months: Govt data

Maharashtra, which set a target of registering five lakh EVs by 2022 — an average of 274 vehicles per day — managed only four per day …

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 …

New lithium battery can add 322 km to electric cars in 10 minutes

New method overcomes main obstacle to extreme fast charging, Lithium plating, which happens at high charge rates and significantly reduces …

Battery prices falling sharply, says report

Cheaper batteries mean more sectors will get electrified with renewable energy, the analysis notes

More vehicles coming into Delhi from other states in 2018 compared to 2009: Report

Standing Committee on Home Affairs calls for formulating policy to regulate the entry of inbound traffic and ensuring smooth exit of outbound traffic

India's roads to remain lethal even in 2030: Lancet

Roads in India ignore motorcyclists and cyclists, prioritise car owners, it says