PinnedOpinion: The E20 Challenge: The Road to Clean Mobility through Ethanol BlendingBy Adhnan Nazir Wani Achieving 10% ethanol blending in petrol (E10) five months ahead of its target marks a milestone for India’s bid for clean mobility through biofuels. It also reflects its rapid pace of ethanol production, having grown from 38 crore litres in FY 2013–14 to 867 crore litres…Mobility4 min readMobility4 min read
PinnedOpinion: From waste to wheel: Restoring fuel equilibrium by mainstreaming Bio-CNG in IndiaBy Roshan Toshniwal and Adhnan Nazir Wani Ranked as the cleanest city in India for the last 5 years, Indore is credited to house Asia’s largest bio-CNG plant. Labelled as ‘Gobar-Dhan’, the plant exhibits a practical circular solution to modern-day waste management problems. The process of generating bio-CNG from organic…Clean Fuel4 min readClean Fuel4 min read
Pinned#TIL: Tyres are the silent pollutants in your carBy Kajol Maheshwari The automobile industry is progressing towards sustainable and less polluting mobility technologies, but a significant pollutant that remains in the blind spot is tyres. Every time the vehicle uses a brake or acceleration or turns around a corner, tiny tyre particles become airborne, referred to as tyre…World Environment Day2 min readWorld Environment Day2 min read
Pinned#TIL: What do bird-calls and a Grammy winning song have to do with traffic crossings?By Apoorv Kulkarni In the early 1900s, designing inclusive cities was not top-of-mind for most town planners. But, when the first electrically operated traffic signals were installed in 1914 in Cleveland, USA, the change of signal was accompanied by a ringing sound. …Disability2 min readDisability2 min read
Pinned#TIL- Wheeling to Inclusive DevelopmentBy Aishwarya Agarwal In 2018, Ford Brazil in partnership with GTB Brazil and Code Studio, redesigned the trunk mat of the Ecosport, their best-selling vehicle for disabled drivers, to give it a new function: a portable ‘Accessibility Mat’. It was designed to help disabled people to negotiate inaccessible streets having…Wheelchair2 min readWheelchair2 min read
Feb 23, 2022#TIL: Roping in the power of gravityBy Adhnan Nazir Wani Transportation fuelled by nothing but gravity! No, it’s not a reference to an act of jumping off the cliff. It’s the good old aerial ropeway, made with pulleys, trolleys, ropes and speed control elements. …Gravity2 min readGravity2 min read
Feb 16, 2022#TIL: Transmedia: A journey from Star Wars to our Mobility futureBy Sayani Mandal George Lucas’s uber-famous franchise, Star Wars Universe created a wave across platforms, from lightsaber-inspired door handles to Baby Yoda-shaped pancake machines! And then, there are all the games, books, comics, and even fanfiction, all unfurling newer storylines by spilling them over into different platforms and media. “Transmedia…Mobility2 min readMobility2 min read
Feb 8, 2022#TIL: Used Batteries Em-Powering Rural IndiaBy Kajol Maheshwari The world is actively adopting electric vehicles, but many still do not have access to basic electricity needs, some of them nestled within the megacities of India. …Electric Vehicles2 min readElectric Vehicles2 min read
Jan 20, 2022#TIL- Social experiments for Road SafetyBy Aishwarya Agarwal In 2019, a video went viral on social media where drivers were stunned by a pop-up crossing in Quebec. The advertisement involved the pedestrians arriving at the crossing to cross the road while the speeding vehicles approached the stop sign. The yellow lines physically flipped up, forcing…Road Safety2 min readRoad Safety2 min read
Jan 11, 2022#In-Depth Guest Blog | The Need to Explore the Finances of Platform WorkersBy Rakshith S Ponnathpur In recent months, there have been several reports on platform workers demanding greater worker rights in India. Platform workers in Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and elsewhere, have protested on the streets and on social media to demand better pay, working conditions, and improved social security from platforms. …Finance6 min readFinance6 min read
