article thumbnail

Zypp Electric plans to deploy 2000 women rider partners in a year, and at least 20,000 women delivery partners in 2 years – ET Auto

Baua Electric

To further encourage women to join as driver-partners, Zypp offers a special joining bonus of INR 2000, alongside a tailored assurance plan ensuring their safety and support. With a commitment to diversity, every new hiring within the company is first open to women hires, promoting equal opportunities.

2000 52
article thumbnail

Survey shows % of Californians walking, biking or used public transit more than doubled since 2000

Green Car Congress

Results from the California Household Travel Survey ( CHTS ) —the largest and most complex review of its kind— show that the%age of California residents walking, biking, or using public transportation on a typical day has more than doubled since 2000. In 2000, that share was only 11%.

2000 255
article thumbnail

Yamaha Motor produces 3 mn Performance Damper since 2004 – ET Auto

Baua Electric

After the basic concept development in 2000, it was first adopted as a mass-produced product in April 2004, and the cumulative total has now reached three million after reaching earlier milestones of one million in November 2016, and two million in January 2020.

2004 52
article thumbnail

BIT, FAW team develops turbocharged, DI hydrogen engine; high power and efficiency, near-zero NOx

Green Car Congress

A team from Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) and China First Auto Works Corporation (FAW) has developed a 2.0L Peak power of 120 kW @ 4400 rpm and a maximum torque of 340 N·m @ 2000 rpm can be achieved with the matched turbocharger. of 1.91 @ 2000 rpm and 40.4% A paper on the study appears in the journal Fuel.

Hydrogen 240
article thumbnail

Chinese language EV makers pin hopes on Europe’s auto sellers

Baua Electric

As a result of consolidation within the {industry} and smaller stores going into chapter 11, the collection of automotive sellers in Germany has fallen to six,800 in 2020 from just about thrice that during 2000, in line with the IfA institute, which displays auto-industry traits. “But it’s not impossible.”

Chinese 52
article thumbnail

Tesla Model Y reliability "much worse than average," Consumer Reports says

Green Car Reports

CR's Auto Reliability Survey is based on data collected from the organization's members, covering 300,000 vehicles from model years 2000 to 2020. The Tesla Model Y was given a reliability rating of "much worse than average" in the latest Consumer Reports reliability survey, but it wasn't the only electric car to be rated poorly.

2000 193
article thumbnail

Honda begins operation of 1st wind farm by an automaker in Brazil; covering electricity needs for annual local auto production

Green Car Congress

Honda Energy built its wind farm, an investment of approximately 100 million Brazilian reais (approximately US$40 million), in the city of Xangri-lá in Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state in Brazil (approximately 1,000 km south of Honda’s current auto production plant in Sumaré, São Paulo).

Brazil 257