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OLA Electric Scooter Ownership Blog - Dark Knight

Plug In India

Of course in the current era of 2w there is no point buying a petrol 2w it just doesn’t makes sense, with so many EV options. Current premium 2w EV's, give a tough fight to 125-150 Cc Petrol motorcycles. With all this ,my main idea was to how reduce carbon imprint further,so that I only use ICE for highway travels-long drives. (Of

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A closer look at the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit. The Green Piece

Green Cars News

For China, which surpassed the US as the biggest emitter in the world in 2006, a 40 per cent decrease in emissions by 2020 looks to be its best offer, although this would rely on heavy financial support from developed nations to fund clean technologies? What about carbon credits and deforestation? Will a deal be reached?

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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Although such vehicles are more environmentally friendly than their petrol counterparts, there is a greener option that many governments seem to have overlooked: the electric bicycle. Some 800,000 are also sold each year in South East Asia, he says, where they replace the noisy and smelly petrol scooters that are ubiquitous in many places.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Ford Chairman and CEO Bill Ford at 2006 Shareholders Meeting ) GM top 12/31/07 [GM Vice Chairman Bob] Lutz, 75, is undergoing a green conversion in the twilight of his career. "I When Lutz first proposed creating an electric car in 2003, the idea "bombed" inside GM, he says. "I The electrification of the automobile is inevitable."

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