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Riding the Janbus

Riding the Janbus

The Ashok Leyland Janbus has played a cameo role in a Hindi movie, ‘Badrinath ki Duhania’, that was released in March 2017. A romantic comedy film, which was promoted as yet another in a series of such movies after ‘Humpty Sharma ki Dulhania’, which was released in 2014, the scene that features the Janbus is when the hero Badrinath (played[Read More…]

by — May 11, 2017 — Flashback
Delivery van concept to meet urban challenges

Delivery van concept to meet urban challenges

Ford has developed a delivery van concept that uses drones to deliver over the last 15 m, or from the kerb to the door. Story by: Team CV To cut down on traffic congestion, and the resulting loss in productivity in an urban environment, Ford has come up with a concept that combines delivery vans and drones to develop a[Read More…]

by — May 11, 2017 — World
Anti-runaway brakes from Renault

Anti-runaway brakes from Renault

Anti-runaway automated parking brakes aim at eliminating the risk of uncontrolled vehicle movement. Story by: Team CV Renault Trucks has introduced anti-runaway Automated Parking Brake (Anti-RAPB) to eliminate the risk of uncontrolled vehicle movements caused by human error when a truck is idling or static. The Anti-RAPB was developed by Renault Trucks’ engineering team at Lyon in close partnership with[Read More…]

by — May 11, 2017 — World
Train energy to power electric buses

Train energy to power electric buses

A project is on to utilise energy created and stored by regenerative braking from trains to power electric buses. Story by: Team CV Dutch company Hedgehog Applications will soon undertake a pilot project in Apeldoorn. A large battery will be used to store energy regenerated by braking electric trains. This energy will be used to recharge electric buses and cars.[Read More…]

by — May 11, 2017 — World