Transportation
Delhi’s Drive Towards Zero-Emissions Deliveries
The time is apt for transforming urban deliveries in Delhi. Vehicles are the leading cause of air pollution in Delhi, and final-mile delivery vehicles disproportionally contribute to high particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) pollution levels. Electric vehicles (EVs) are one of the best ways to mitigate tailpipe emissions…
Transforming Urban Mobility
Having grown up in Pune, I know the city like the back of my hand. Referred to as the “Oxford of the East” for its renowned educational institutions, I fondly remember many lunchbreaks standing on the sidewalk at a tapri (stall) outside my school, sipping chai and eating vada pav…
Greening India’s Home and Vehicle Demand with Low-cost Finance
Pursuing low-carbon development is central to India’s Paris Agreement climate goals. In this pursuit, net-zero energy buildings (NZEBs) and electric vehicles (EVs) are the two high-leverage areas. The ability to deliver vast emission reductions across rural and urban settings has brought NZEBs and EVs to the centre of the climate…
Paving the Path to Efficient Urban Freight Systems
Goods movement is an integral part of the urban economy. The rising urban population and the growth of sectors such as e-commerce, construction, and manufacturing have made logistics vehicles ubiquitous in our cities. With this, logistics vehicles’ impacts on urban liveability are becoming more pronounced. Chiefly, urban freight vehicles are…
Incentives, Choices and EMIs – The ICE Recipe for Electric Vehicles
This article was coauthored by Anand GCP, COO, Micelio Mobility and originally published on ET Auto and The Economic Times. Across the world, merely 8,000 electric cars were sold in 2010 but the decade ended with the sale of about 20 lakh such vehicles. While Norway crossed the…