Auto Industry

Ticket to ride

in 1933, Adolf Hitler met with the car baron Ferdinand Porsche to discuss the idea of a car that could carry 5 people, cruise up to 40 km an hour, return around 12 km a litre, and cost only 1,000

Publication Date:

27/02/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

15

Issue:

20070228

pp:

0

Tags:

Singur, Automobiles, Cars, Auto Industry, Political Parties, Politics, Germany, India, West Bengal

Industry

A mixed bag

Bigger cars buck improving trend The Pune based Automotive Research Association of India has shared random data cluster on fuel economy with the New Delhi based Centre for Science and

Publication Date:

14/02/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

15

Issue:

20070215

pp:

0

Tags:

Fuel Economy Standards, Cars, Auto Industry, CSE, India, Two Wheelers

Air Pollution

What Europe did

Or not Europe shows how complex the diesel predicament can get if fuel economy regulations and local pollution abatement strategies are not equally stringent. The car industry in Europe agreed

Publication Date:

14/02/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

15

Issue:

20070215

pp:

0

Tags:

Air Pollution, Carbon Dioxide, Diesel, Fuel Economy Standards, Cars, Auto Industry, Europe

Air Pollution

Mercedes Benz to pay EPA for failing to disclose defects in air pollution standards

DaimlerChrysler and its subsidiary, Mercedes Benz (usa) have agreed to pay us $1.2 million to settle civil charges with the Environmental Protection Agency (epa) for failing to disclose defects in

Publication Date:

30/01/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Air Pollution, Air Pollution Control, Vehicular Pollution, Auto Industry, United States Of America (US)

India

New car from Maruti sold through Pete Seeger

Cars

Publication Date:

14/01/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Cars, Auto Industry, Maruti Udyog, Media, Advertising, India

Air Pollution

Towards a sustainable automotive industry: experiences from the development of emission control systems

From the mid-1970s and on, the contribution to air pollution of carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides from gasoline passenger cars in the developed world has been reduced through co-evolution of regulation and commercial introduction of catalytic emission control technology, now part of hundreds of millions of cars, trucks and buses worldwide. This dissertation is a disaggregated study of the global introduction of catalytic emission control technology as a measure to reduce local air pollution.

Publication Date:

Dec 2006

Author(s): David Bauner

Source: Royal Institute of Technology

Tags:

Vehicular Pollution, Diesel, Green House Gases, Emissions Trading, Fuel Cell Vehicles, Auto Industry, Japan, Europe, Sweden, United States Of America (US)

Industry

BMW launches hydrogen car

German automaker BMW has announced the launching of its prototype Hydrogen 7, the world's first luxury car powered by liquid hydrogen. The vehicles will be manufactured in a European country. A

Publication Date:

30/12/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

15

Issue:

20061231

pp:

0

Tags:

Vehicular Pollution, Hydrogen Energy, Auto Industry, Auto Technology, Germany

Climate Change

Arnold signs ground breaking global warming initiative

California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed into law, a ground-breaking global-warming initiative that slaps the us 's first-ever cap on greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions. This is in sharp

Publication Date:

30/10/2006

Author(s): Anumita Roychowdhury

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

15

Issue:

20061031

pp:

0

Tags:

Air Pollution Control, Vehicular Pollution, Climate Change, Global Warming, Auto Industry, Legislation, United States Of America (US), California

Industry

Who killed the Electric car?

Electric Car

Publication Date:

30/08/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Electric, Cars, Auto Industry, United States Of America (US)

Industry

Fissures in West Bengal's Left government over land acquisition

function table() { var popurl="image/20060831/8-table.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=320,height=550,scrollbars=yes") } ever since the West Bengal government cleared, in

Publication Date:

30/08/2006

Author(s): Maureen Nandini Mitra

Source: Down to Earth

Tags: