Bajaj Auto has launched RE GDi autorickshaw, which incorporates a Gasoline Direct injection (GDi) incorporates a Gasoline Direct injection (GDi) engine. Designed and developed by Bajaj Autos R&D, the technology ensures not only a cleaner environment but also delivers low operating cost to the autorickshaw owner. With the economy version costing around Rs 92,000 and the standard one at Rs 1..40 lakh, the company will roll out the manufacturing of these rickshaws from its plant at Waluj. The new technology vehicle will be sold in a phased manner starting from January 2008 in Pune and will then be launched in Trivandrum and Mangalore.
"The RE-GDi delivers a substantial 33 per cent better fuel efficiency than the conventional RE rickshaw and drastically reduces emissions with virtually no visible smoke. The emissions are also comparable or lower than the alternate clean fuel engines using LPG/CNG, " said Rajiv Baja, MD, Bajaj Auto. R.C. Maheshwari, CEO, commercial Vehicle Business. Bajaj Auto, stated that the company would also encourage replacing conventional engine with the new in the Next eight months. "With this latest gasoline technology, concerns of local governments. State bodies and NGOs on autorickshaw emissions should no longer persist. We would like to suggest the authorities to accept GDi vehicles in the catefory of enivroment-frindly vehicles." He added.
Stating that the product has a good export potential, Bajaj said that it would be restricted to the domestic market for the next couple of years. The direct injection injects fuel as a fine mist controlled precisely with an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) avoids escape of unburnt fuel into the exhaust and drastically reduces emissions. The rmiddiond prt km on the RE GDi Autorickshaw is 25 per cent lower for HC + nox (Hydrocarbons and Nitrous Oxides) and 50 per cent lower for CO (Carbon Monoxide) than the RE autorickshaw. Bajaj Auto currently has the widest range of 2 storke gasoline, and 2 stroke PLG, 2 stroke CNG,4 stroke gasoline, 4 stroke LPG, 4 stroke CNG and diesel 3- wheelers in its stable that sell about 25, 000 vehicles per month of which almost half is exported.
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| Posted : 2/27/2008 |
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