La voiture à air comprimé de Guy Nègre fait elle son chemin chez Tata ?

Selon TreeHugger Tata présente au salon auto de New Delhi une voiture à $3K dont l'impact sur la pollution serait redoutable alors qu'un accord avait été signé pour produire des voitures à air comprimé conçues par Guy Nègre. Y-a-t-il un avenir pour la voiture à air comprimé ? The Rs. 1 Lakh car ($3000 car) promised as the Tata People's Car will appear at the Indian Auto Expo. Currently Indians average only 8 autos for every 1000 people; in New Delhi, center of the booming Indian auto industry, every 12th Delhiite owns an auto. Could the Tata 1 Lakh car put an "auto in every garage" in this nation of over a billion people? Reactions vary on the impact which the Indian auto market will have on the environment and economy globally

All Eyes on India: The Future of Transportation Impacts?

by Christine Lepisto, Berlin

While the North American International Auto Show in Detroit usually splashes the first big auto news in the new year, the lesson of 2008 may be: all eyes on India. The 9th Auto Expo in New Delhi draws attention one week ahead of NAIAS due to the unveiling of the cheapest car of all time, an undertaking many scoffed at when Tata first mooted the concept several years ago. How will a car everyone can afford, which is kept cheap partly at the expense of pollution control technologies standard in many countries, affect the environment? Is there an alternative? And whatever happened to the air-powered car?

The Rs. 1 Lakh car ($3000 car) promised as the Tata People's Car will appear at the Indian Auto Expo. Currently Indians average only 8 autos for every 1000 people; in New Delhi, center of the booming Indian auto industry, every 12th Delhiite owns an auto. Could the Tata 1 Lakh car put an "auto in every garage" in this nation of over a billion people? Reactions vary on the impact which the Indian auto market will have on the environment and economy globally. (See for example: ZOOM author Vaitheeswaran, Thomas Friedman.) However, one thing remains clear: an auto that shortcuts pollution prevention is not the answer.

While the North American International Auto Show in Detroit usually splashes the first big auto news in the new year, the lesson of 2008 may be: all eyes on India. The 9th Auto Expo in New Delhi draws attention one week ahead of NAIAS due to the unveiling of the cheapest car of all time, an undertaking many scoffed at when Tata first mooted the concept several years ago. How will a car everyone can afford, which is kept cheap partly at the expense of pollution control technologies standard in many countries, affect the environment? Is there an alternative? And whatever happened to the air-powered car?

The Rs. 1 Lakh car ($3000 car) promised as the Tata People's Car will appear at the Indian Auto Expo. Currently Indians average only 8 autos for every 1000 people; in New Delhi, center of the booming Indian auto industry, every 12th Delhiite owns an auto. Could the Tata 1 Lakh car put an "auto in every garage" in this nation of over a billion people? Reactions vary on the impact which the Indian auto market will have on the environment and economy globally. (See for example: ZOOM author Vaitheeswaran, Thomas Friedman.) However, one thing remains clear: an auto that shortcuts pollution prevention is not the answer.

The Rs. 1 Lakh car ($3000 car) promised as the Tata People's Car will appear at the Indian Auto Expo. Currently Indians average only 8 autos for every 1000 people; in New Delhi, center of the booming Indian auto industry, every 12th Delhiite owns an auto. Could the Tata 1 Lakh car put an "auto in every garage" in this nation of over a billion people? Reactions vary on the impact which the Indian auto market will have on the environment and economy globally. (See for example: ZOOM author Vaitheeswaran, Thomas Friedman.) However, one thing remains clear: an auto that shortcuts pollution prevention is not the answer.