LUCKNOW: How does an idea of a compressed air-powered motorcycle engine sound? Incredible! But B R Singh, an engineer who was awarded a PhD degree at the GBTU convocation, has made it true. Singh has come out with an air engine that can run a motorcycle. Singh's work has been acclaimed and published in the `Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy'.

In a conversation with journalists at the convocation venue, Singh claimed that the air engine can use compressed air to generate power sufficient enough to run a motorcycle for at least 40 minutes.

Tampered meters in auto rickshaws and taxis and rickety, unsafe and smoke-emitting trucks, buses and private vehicles will soon cease to exist.
The state transport department has a hit upon a state-of-the-art, technology-based solution — the mechanical fitness test lane. The project, which will take at least 18 months to become operational in the state, comprises a fully computerised and automated system of gauging a vehicle’s fitness.

Vehicles are currently chec-ked manually by Regional Transport Office (RTO) inspectors.

Tech Will Raise Fuel Efficiency, Lower Pollution By Engines
London: Car engines could soon be fired by environment-friendly and energy-efficient lasers, replacing the 150-year-old spark plugs, researchers have claimed.

- Tech cradle tops all-India auto design contest with zero-emission vehicle
Students of National Institute of Technology (NIT) Adityapur are gaining speed in the race to revolutionise automotive technology.

At the 4th Annual Baja SAE (Society for Automotive Engineers) India 2011, held in Indore between January 28 and 30, an NIT team of 12 aced 198 other engineering teams with Daksh 1110, an al