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Assessing the Impacts of Vehicle Emissions and Safety Regulations
2019
Author(s): van Wee B
This paper discusses how regulations can determine environmental and safety outcomes in transport systems. It explores the relationships between regulations and direct and indirect costs, and between regulations and benefits. It also discusses the ethical issues, such as the fact that cost-benefit analysis evaluates welfare effects but tends to ignore equity issues.
E-Rickshaw Deployment in Indian Cities
2019
Author(s): Shandilya N, Saini V, Ghorpade Ashish R
This handbook is a comprehensive document which provides an overview of Electric Vehicle (EV) policies, subsidies, schemes, growth of e-rickshaws in cities.
This report captures baseline data, strategies adopted, pilot demonstration and handholding support provided to cities for implementation of projects under Smart City programme for the city of Udaipur.
City Report: Visakhapatnam
2019
Author(s): Balguri Dwarakanath S, Saini V, Ghorpade Ashish R
This report captures baseline data, strategies adopted, pilot demonstration and handholding support provided to cities for implementation of projects under Smart City programme for the city of Visakhapatnam.
This report captures baseline data, strategies adopted, pilot demonstration and handholding support provided to cities for implementation of projects under Smart City programme for the city of Ludhiana.
This report captures baseline data, strategies adopted, pilot demonstration and handholding support provided to cities for implementation of projects under Smart City programme for the city of Gwalior.
The World Resources Institute (WRI) conducted a power talk with Dr.Prabhjot Kaur, CEO, Centre for battery engineering and EVs (C-BEEV), IIT Madras, Chennai, India on 14 November 2019 on the electric powertrain of Electric Vehicles (EVs).
Adapting the Vehicle Energy Consumption Calculation Tool (VECTO) for Use in India and Other Countries
2019
Author(s): Sharpe B, Delgado O, Rodriguez F, Miller J
On-road commercial trucks and buses are among the fastest-growing transportation sectors worldwide, and many nations and regions have developed programs and policies to improve the environmental performance of their heavy-duty vehicle (HDV) fleets.
Innovation Outlook: Smart Charging for Electric Vehicles
2019
Author(s): International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
Electric vehicles (EVs) hold the key to unleash synergies between clean transport and low-carbon electricity. Just as future transport must be increasingly electrified, future power systems must make maximum use of variable renewable energy sources.
This report explores the reforms of the existing regulatory frameworks and governance structures for urban transport in India.



