Diesel Taxi

Maruti Suzuki has silently rolled out a new cab variant of the Ertiga MPV in its line-up. The new Maruti Suzuki Tour M diesel is based on the Ertiga and gets the new 1.5-litre oil burner, priced at Rs. 9.81 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). The new version is specifically targeted fleet operators and joins the Tour M petrol and CNG versions that were lau...

As part of the effort to phase out vehicles emitting noxious smoke, West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) in collaboration with the state government has taken an initiative to replace diesel taxis with electric ones, a senior official said on Monday.

Today, more than 16,000 buses and 12,000 taxis whir along Shenzhen's palm-fringed boulevards. How many run on diesel or gasoline? Practically none. How many are made in China? Almost all.

The Silicon Valley firm said in September it will stop using diesel cars in London by the end of 2019.

About a year ago, Mahindra Electric and app-based taxi service provider Ola tied up in the Central Indian city of Nagpur to provide clean mobility point to point solutions. Amongst the electric cars, the four door Mahindra e2o Plus was put into service as a taxi and despite some initial teething issues, mainly due to range, have done rather well. 1...

While diesel prices touched an all-time high of Rs 64.58 per litre, petrol prices hit a four-year high of Rs 73.73 a litre. At the same time, CNG prices in Delhi have been revised from April 2, and increased to Rs 40.61 per kg, while the PNG prices have been hiked to Rs 27.14 per scm (including VAT). The jump in CNG/PNG prices, however, would have ...

Uber will cease using diesel cars in London by the end of 2019 and the vast majority of rides will be in electric or hybrid vehicles by then, the taxi app said on Friday.

As we reported to you in February, the 2017 Hyundai Xcent subcompact sedan will be launched in India soon. And now there is a date to it as well - April 20 2017. So as we told you then, expect the new 2017 Hyundai Xcent to have a fair number of new features loaded in. And remember it was on carandbike that you also found out that initially the face...

The Supreme Court has said there will be no new registration of diesel taxis and only cabs running on petrol and compressed natural gas (CNG) will be registered in the National Capital Territory (NCT).

Scores of diesel taxi drivers, affected by the recent ban imposed by the Supreme Court, today staged a protest outside Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence in New Delhi.

Livelihood of more than 30,000 drivers and their families is in jeopardy with the Supreme Court banning their diesel-run taxis from plying in Delhi-NCR region, the union of drivers said.

After the Delhi government, the Centre has now approached the Supreme Court seeking relief from the crackdown it ordered on diesels cabs in Delhi and neighbouring areas. The ban will impact the BPO industry which uses diesel-run taxis to ferry employees and earns the country billions of dollars every year, the government said.

India's business process management or BPO sector could face a potential loss of $1 billion if the ban on diesel taxis in the Delhi NCR region continues for 2-3 weeks more, industry body Nasscom has said.

Ban on plying of diesel taxis in the national capital will have a far reaching negative impact on India's ease of doing business scenario, with the IT/BPO sector being the worst hit, an industry body said on Wednesday.

As protests by taxi owners crippled traffic in Delhi for the second straight day, the state government has asked the Supreme Court for two more days to submit a detailed roadmap on how to phase out diesel cabs from the city. A Supreme Court order has pulled 30,000 cabs off the road because they run on diesel or petrol and not greener compressed nat...

Maruti Suzuki has silently rolled out a new cab variant of the Ertiga MPV in its line-up. The new Maruti Suzuki Tour M diesel is based on the Ertiga and gets the new 1.5-litre oil burner, priced at Rs. 9.81 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). The new version is specifically targeted fleet operators and joins the Tour M petrol and CNG versions that were lau...

As part of the effort to phase out vehicles emitting noxious smoke, West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) in collaboration with the state government has taken an initiative to replace diesel taxis with electric ones, a senior official said on Monday.

Today, more than 16,000 buses and 12,000 taxis whir along Shenzhen's palm-fringed boulevards. How many run on diesel or gasoline? Practically none. How many are made in China? Almost all.

The Silicon Valley firm said in September it will stop using diesel cars in London by the end of 2019.

About a year ago, Mahindra Electric and app-based taxi service provider Ola tied up in the Central Indian city of Nagpur to provide clean mobility point to point solutions. Amongst the electric cars, the four door Mahindra e2o Plus was put into service as a taxi and despite some initial teething issues, mainly due to range, have done rather well. 1...

While diesel prices touched an all-time high of Rs 64.58 per litre, petrol prices hit a four-year high of Rs 73.73 a litre. At the same time, CNG prices in Delhi have been revised from April 2, and increased to Rs 40.61 per kg, while the PNG prices have been hiked to Rs 27.14 per scm (including VAT). The jump in CNG/PNG prices, however, would have ...

Uber will cease using diesel cars in London by the end of 2019 and the vast majority of rides will be in electric or hybrid vehicles by then, the taxi app said on Friday.

As we reported to you in February, the 2017 Hyundai Xcent subcompact sedan will be launched in India soon. And now there is a date to it as well - April 20 2017. So as we told you then, expect the new 2017 Hyundai Xcent to have a fair number of new features loaded in. And remember it was on carandbike that you also found out that initially the face...

The Supreme Court has said there will be no new registration of diesel taxis and only cabs running on petrol and compressed natural gas (CNG) will be registered in the National Capital Territory (NCT).

Scores of diesel taxi drivers, affected by the recent ban imposed by the Supreme Court, today staged a protest outside Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence in New Delhi.

Livelihood of more than 30,000 drivers and their families is in jeopardy with the Supreme Court banning their diesel-run taxis from plying in Delhi-NCR region, the union of drivers said.

After the Delhi government, the Centre has now approached the Supreme Court seeking relief from the crackdown it ordered on diesels cabs in Delhi and neighbouring areas. The ban will impact the BPO industry which uses diesel-run taxis to ferry employees and earns the country billions of dollars every year, the government said.

India's business process management or BPO sector could face a potential loss of $1 billion if the ban on diesel taxis in the Delhi NCR region continues for 2-3 weeks more, industry body Nasscom has said.

Ban on plying of diesel taxis in the national capital will have a far reaching negative impact on India's ease of doing business scenario, with the IT/BPO sector being the worst hit, an industry body said on Wednesday.

As protests by taxi owners crippled traffic in Delhi for the second straight day, the state government has asked the Supreme Court for two more days to submit a detailed roadmap on how to phase out diesel cabs from the city. A Supreme Court order has pulled 30,000 cabs off the road because they run on diesel or petrol and not greener compressed nat...