Older vehicles are not just a safety risk but also a major source of pollution, it says, adding that systems meant to test, scrap & recycle them are falling short of the challenge.
Unlike common approaches that primarily reserve hydrogen for hard-to-abate sectors, like steel, shipping and aviation, Japan continues to promote hydrogen use in power generation, gas blending and passenger vehicles.
Ravi Kumar's VahanScore is a citizen-driven traffic violation database aimed at increasing public accountability. He hopes to bring city's road accident count down by half in 5 yrs.
Nitin Gadkari announces contours of voluntary vehicle scrapping policy, which caps the life of govt and commercial vehicles at 15 years, and private vehicles at 20 years.
The combination of a growing global vehicle fleet and preference for bigger cars means that emissions from liquid road fuels can be expected to keep rising.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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