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Green Goes the Auto [1]

The humble Indian auto-rickshaw may soon be reborn in a smart, fuel-conserving avatar. The trigger: A Dutch environmentalist called Stef van Dongen, who took a few too many rides in rickety, smoke belching three-wheelers on a trip to India. Shaken and stirred, he made it his mission to build a better, cleaner model of the auto-rickshaw for Indians.

Publication Date: 
23/08/2009
Business Today (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Vehicular Pollution [3], Green Products [4], CNG [5], Three Wheelers [6], Netherlands [7], India [8]
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