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Exclusive: Efforts to cut down pollution and reduce environmental issues through Electric Vehicles

A massive shift away from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy is required to achieve sustainable development and climate goals.

Aug 17, 2022, 14:18 PM IST

IOCL, Bharat Petroleum to install more than 17,000 electric vehicle charging stations across India

The annoucement from the oil giants came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Monday made a bold pledge to cut carbon emissions in India to net-zero by 2070.

Nov 05, 2021, 12:14 PM IST

Volkswagen agrees to $14.7 billion payout in US emissions probe

The settlement filed in federal court calls for the German auto giant to either buy back or fix the cars that tricked pollution tests, and to pay each owner up to $10,000 in cash.

Jun 28, 2016, 19:13 PM IST

Volkswagen says wrongfooted by US going public on emissions

Embattled German automaker Volkswagen believed it could clear up emissions-cheating allegations with US authorities amicably and was caught offguard by them going public instead, a key company document revealed Monday. 

Mar 07, 2016, 19:04 PM IST

Volkswagen faces huge US lawsuit over pollution cheating

Volkswagen faces potentially huge damages to pay over pollution cheat devices on its diesel-engine cars in a class-action lawsuit filed in a San Francisco court this week.

Feb 24, 2016, 23:24 PM IST

Audi to spend 50 mn euros to repair diesel cars in US

Audi said Monday it will spend about 50 million euros upgrading software that regulators believe flouts US pollution limits in larger diesel cars in the US.

Nov 24, 2015, 17:39 PM IST

French police raid Volkswagen offices in emission scandal

Investigators searched the company's main office in Villers-Cotterets in northern France Friday, as well as another office near Paris, seizing documents and computer hardware in the process, the source added.

Oct 18, 2015, 20:33 PM IST

'India's climate change commitment based on Gandhi principles'

 As millions across the world paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his 146th birth anniversary, India's top diplomat in the US said that the country's commitment on climate change is based on the Mahatma's three guiding principles of 'ahimsa, satyagraha and sarvodaya'.

Oct 03, 2015, 11:29 AM IST

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Ujaas Energy gets letter of intent from West Bengal government.

Amtek Auto: According to lenders the company did not notify them about the loan.

Sep 23, 2015, 14:59 PM IST

Berlin to probe whether VW, others falsified emissions data in Germany

The German government asked carmakers for information on Monday to ascertain whether they were involved in falfsifying car emissions data, as Volkswagen has admitted to doing in the United States. 

Sep 21, 2015, 19:10 PM IST

Recession, not gas, drove drop in US emissions: Study

Economic recession was the main cause for a drop in United States carbon dioxide emissions between 2007 and 2013 -- not a shift from coal- to gas-fuelled energy as widely claimed, researchers said Tuesday.

Jul 21, 2015, 22:18 PM IST