along with institutes from Norway and India sought to model the way the city commutes, and consequently, pollution generated in the process. In such a scenario, the city will be emitting just 0.29 million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually. “Our modelling shows that there is slight but significant reductions even without all vehicles being electric vehicles. We can reduce emissions by up to 4.3% through increasing public transport and taxing private vehicles. But, by stressing for electric vehicles, we can reduce emissions by 84% in 2030 and even 90% by 2050,” said Ashish Verma, Assistant Professor from the Department of Civil Engineering, IISc., who is the principal investigator for the project.

Source: The Hindu October 29, 2017 04:07 UTC