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Norway Plans To Construct A Fleet Of Plug-In Hybrid Ships

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 27, 2015

Norway depends on ships for much of its national and international commerce. It also has an extensive network of ferries that cross its many fjords, inlets, rivers and harbors. While we here at Gas 2.0 focus mostly on carbon emissions from land based vehicles, the truth is,...

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Electric Vehicle Toyota to provide 55 green cars for India Africa Summit

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 26, 2015

Toyota Kirloskar Motor will provide nearly 55 Camry hybrid green cars for transporting dignitaries during the third India Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) on October 26-29 that is likely to see heads of state and government from most of the continent’s 54 countries attending.

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Ola Partners Shriram Group for CNG Car Financing

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 8, 2015

Taxi aggregator Ola has partnered with Shriram Automall India and Shriram Transport Finance Company (STFC) to enable exchange of diesel cars and financing for CNG cars in the city.

Ola has been expanding the fleet of CNG vehicles on its platform following the crackdown...

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Students Build Prototype of Energy-efficient Car

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 6, 2015

Three students from Government Engineering college, Barton Hill, Thiruvananthapuram are on cloud nine. Bibin Sagaram, Vishnu Prasad S and Ronith Stanly, whose creation represented India in the Shell Echo competition held in Philipines have not only made the state but nation...

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Government bats for 1.5 lakh electric buses; eyes Rs 8 lakh crore cut in import bill

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 1, 2015

The government plans to convert about 1.5 lakh diesel buses run by state transport corporations into electric buses to cut on huge Rs 8 lakh crore crude import bill and check pollution, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said today.

"We have 1.5 lakh buses of state road...

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Paris goes car-free for a day

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 30, 2015

Central Paris went car-free on Sunday as part of its fight against air pollution, at a time when the Volkswagen emissions scandal again turns the spotlight on diesel and the air pollutants it produces.

The French capital’s central arrondissements, an administrative...

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e-rickshaw hits roads in TS, AP

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 28, 2015

Cycle rickshaws have become a rare sight now. Those yearning for an “open-air ride” in a rickshaw can soon have their longing fulfilled. Lohia Auto Industries have launched electric rickshaws in Telangana State and Andhra Pradesh. Called Humrahi and priced at Rs 1.15 lakh (ex...

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