Trump has repeatedly blamed countries like India and China for not doing enough on climate change, labelling them as regions with air that is impossible to breathe.
Industry executives say the government could help in lowering prices of green vehicles by encouraging domestic research and development.
A host of passenger and commercial vehicle manufacturers displayed 'green' vehicles at the Auto Expo. Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai and Tata Motors displayed 100 per cent plug-in electric car concepts, while commercial vehicle manufacturers like Ashok Leyland displayed concept hybrid buses, fuelled both by electricity and diesel.
Tesla began taking orders for its Model 3 sedan from Indian customers in 2016 and caught the fancy of people like GOQii's Vishal Gondal, Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma and venture capitalist Mahesh Murthy. Amid hints from Elon Musk, Alnoor Peermohamed reports on Tesla's Indian entry.
The Indica Vista EV is powered by a super-polymer lithium-ion battery that promises 200 km on a single charge and an acceleration of 0 to 100 kph in 10 seconds.
...and getting GDP to measure India's data economy, recommends Ajit Balakrishnan.
Mahindra & Mahindra on Thursday said it will launch a micro-hybrid version of its latest multipurpose vehicle Xylo before the year-end, while it gears up to roll out two electric cars from the Reva stable by the end of 2011.
Bharti Global is planning to put up more satellites and has set a stiff deadline to launch commercial Internet services by October in the UK, Alaska, northern Russia and northern Europe.
The rising oil prices, growing awareness about environment friendly cars has turned the attention of car manufacturers to alternative fuels like LPG, electric cars and dual fuel cars.
American car maker General Motors is likely to pull out of its technological partnership with REVA Electric Car Company, after domestic auto major Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd bought 55.2 per cent equity in the Bangalore-based company to stake its place in the fledgling electric vehicle market.
"We are looking for partners in 4-5 countries to set up manufacturing facilities and especially in the US, Australia and Europe. We are in talks with some companies, but nothing has been finalised so far."
The New York Auto Show 2010 which opened at the Jacob Javits Center on April 2 has some of the hottest cars and trucks ever seen under one roof.
"We are pleased to join hands with Reva to bring affordable small car platform-based electric vehicles to the market in line with government objectives to reduce fossil fuel dependence," General Motors India, the Indian subsidiary of GM, President and MD Karl Slym told reporters in New Delhi.
In the second of our three-part series on entrepreneurs who made it big without an MBA taken from author Rashmi Bansal's book Connect the Dots, we publish excerpts from Chetan Maini (of Reva Electric Car Company) and Samar Gupta's (of Trikaya Agriculture) stories.
It is estimated that the deal could be around USD100 million.
After small cars hogged the limelight, it was the turn of celebrities, including Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgan and cricketer Sourav Ganguly, to add glitz to the ongoing 10th Auto Expo.
If IOC is not allowed to run its own affairs, then we can see it close down in the next 10 to 15 years, warns Sudhir Bisht.
The Accord Hybrid will be imported through the CBU route to India
Automobile major, General Motors, on said that it would launch the electric version of its small car 'Spark' in the Indian market this year-end.
The electric version of General Motors India's small car Spark will hit the Indian road in the next 12 months, said its vice president P Balendran.
Tata's first electric car has impressive power, torque and acceleration figures.
The novel capacitor has been developed by a team of scientists from the University of Maryland and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.
Arun Jaitley presented the Budget in Parliament on Saturday.
Mahindra e20Plus; Tata Hexa; Volvo S90; New Toyota Fortuner; New Hyundai Tucson. Get ready for the beauties!
With a glass-walled-like seating area on four hidden wheels, Mike and Maaike's electric car drives on its own. 'Summoned by phone, your ATNMBL arrives. You enter from the curb side through an electric glass sliding door into a standing-height entryway. Upon entering, you are presented with a simple question: 'Where can I take you?' There is no steering wheel, brake pedal or driver's seat,' the duo described the experience.
While Toyota will acquire 4.94 per cent shares of Suzuki, worth $ 908 million, the latter will make a $ 454-million investment in the biggest automaker of Japan. Premium products from the Maruti stable such as the Baleno, Ciaz and Vitara Brezza will be sold under the Toyota brand with small changes.
Spanish racing driver Carmen Jorda has suggested women could be better suited to Formula E than Formula One because the all-electric cars are less physically challenging.
The new scheme may link the incentives to the battery power - higher the power, higher the incentive and most electric two-wheelers running on Indian roads use low power and fast charging batteries.
The national budget 2019-20 had an outlay of Rs 10,000 crore for Phase-II of the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles scheme to boost electric mobility and increase the number of EVs in commercial fleets.
General Motors announced it will launch its new mini compact global car in 2010. It also announced that it would launch the Chevy Volt -- its first electric car, in the Indian market next year. But it ruled out an entry into the Rs 1 lakh car segment. The company is also looking at India as an export base in the coming years as it increases the capacity of the newly commissioned car and engine plant in Maharashtra from 140,000 to 300,000 vehicles.
It is only for retail trading of goods that sourcing conditions are mandated. Such norms are not applicable to manufacturers as goods are produced in India, the government said.
Hyderabad-based Gold Stone Group, which sells BYD buses in the country, is setting up a greenfield manufacturing facility at a cost of around Rs 200 crore
Ever wondered why the difference between a Santro Xing GL and a Santro Xing GLS was over Rs 30,000 although both looked the same? This article will try to give you a breeze through into what adds cost to a car.
America will have to shell out $4.4 trillion if it needs clean energy, according to a plan drawn by Google Inc that calls for a big push in wind, solar and geothermal power to replace fossil fuels.
Maruti will showcase its first concept electric vehicle, the e-SURVIVOR; M&M it's six new EVs, including two futuristic concepts
Rajkot-based diesel engine maker, Fieldmarshal Group, will make a small electric car with foreign collaboration that is likely to be priced at Rs 99,000.
'Personally, I have reached that stage where I think material things can't give you any satisfaction.'
He reached the halfway mark in 59.35 seconds, 11 seconds inside the target, and ran remarkably consistently with his one-kilometre times fluctuating between 2.48 and 2.52 seconds.
Four years after entering Formula E racing, Mahindra comes out with a racing car designed for the e-racing circuit. Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com reports.
Tired of lifting the heavy lead-acid batteries of your car? Remedy is on the way.
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