Baua Electric
JANUARY 22, 2024
Luna – the revered Moped of 1980s and 1990s that offered affordable two wheeler to lakhs of India is set to come back in an electric avatar after more than two decades. Kinetic Green has benefited from the recent decline in component and battery prices and has encouraged the Pune-based maker to target 5000 electric Lunas per month.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 15, 2013
billion, as the world’s population grows and more people in developing economies are able to afford cars. Vehicle penetration 2000 to 2040. This slower growth is attributed to the relatively higher cost of the vehicles, driven by the cost of batteries. In 2010, about 75% of the world’s vehicles were in OECD countries.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 18, 2014
When labor force participation rates rise, VMT per driver is likely to increase, particularly for millennials (those born between the early 1980s and early 2000s). Income, fuel prices, the costs of purchasing a vehicle, and other vehicle operating costs also all influence the extent to which an individual can afford LDV travel.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 10, 2011
Remember when the dot.com bubble burst in 2000 and, seemingly overnight, some companies ceased making millions hand-over-fist? With subsidies long in place for nuclear, coal and gas in the US along with the cheap cost of production for coal and natural gas, solar is essentially competing with that $0.10/kWh
Cars That Think
APRIL 5, 2023
Moore is best known for his 1965 prediction, which would become known as Moore’s Law : the observation that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit would grow exponentially while the retail cost of computers would decrease. His projection came true over the decade that followed. billion to charitable causes.
Green Car Congress
JULY 28, 2009
The total cost of the project including government and industry investment is expected to be around £90 million (US$148 million). The UK has launched a new research program aiming to strengthen the supply chain for the UK’s aero-engine industry and accelerate the development and introduction of low carbon aircraft engine technology.
Green Car Congress
MAY 5, 2011
The difference in outcomes under the two scenarios and thus the opportunity cost of not realizing the Asian Century scenario is huge, especially in human terms. Asia accounted for about 20% of the world’s energy consumption in 2000, 27% in 2007, and is expected to rise above 40% by 2050. —Haruhiko Kuroda. Energy consumption.
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