Alternate fuels like CNG must be embraced for cleaner environment and as a part of its effort to propound the alternate fuel theory and Ford Motor Company is working with IIT-Chennai and IIT-Delhi, an expert from the company said on Tuesday.
"We will take more engaging activities with the IITs in India to find a solution to the energy problems. Ford has already created a Ford Research Chair at IIT Chennai and Delhi and will leverage R&D with the skills available in IITs," Dr Haren S Gandhi, a Ford Technical Fellow at Ford Motor Company’s Research laboratory, told reporters here.
Claiming that Ford had created the largest variety of alternate fuel vehicles in the world, Dr Gandhi said ethanol fuel, which was primarily made out of sugarcane, could be used to tied over the energy crisis. "Energy situations can be impacted by the use of the ethanol based fuel," he said.
On the use of nanotechnology — a science of manipulating materials at the atomic or molecular level — in the automobile industry, he said Ford was one of the first automakers to apply nanotechnology to its product especially in exhaust catalysis and emission controls, which are nano-based systems.
Dr Gandhi said, "Crossover vehicles are a fast-growing segment in the market today as they provide a creative solutions by the use of fossil fuel. It will also help offset the carbon emissions from the vehicles".
"We have aggressive plans to develop hybrid in all segments of vehicle," he added.
"We will take more engaging activities with the IITs in India to find a solution to the energy problems. Ford has already created a Ford Research Chair at IIT Chennai and Delhi and will leverage R&D with the skills available in IITs," Dr Haren S Gandhi, a Ford Technical Fellow at Ford Motor Company’s Research laboratory, told reporters here.
Claiming that Ford had created the largest variety of alternate fuel vehicles in the world, Dr Gandhi said ethanol fuel, which was primarily made out of sugarcane, could be used to tied over the energy crisis. "Energy situations can be impacted by the use of the ethanol based fuel," he said.
On the use of nanotechnology — a science of manipulating materials at the atomic or molecular level — in the automobile industry, he said Ford was one of the first automakers to apply nanotechnology to its product especially in exhaust catalysis and emission controls, which are nano-based systems.
Dr Gandhi said, "Crossover vehicles are a fast-growing segment in the market today as they provide a creative solutions by the use of fossil fuel. It will also help offset the carbon emissions from the vehicles".
"We have aggressive plans to develop hybrid in all segments of vehicle," he added.