New Delhi. If you also drive a car and are worried about the skyrocketing prices of petrol and diesel, or if your old car is causing pollution, then you can buy a new non-polluting electric car by selling or abandoning it. If you are not in a position to buy an Electric Car, then this news can be very useful for you. Eco-vehicle driving or environmental driving as suggested by scientists will not only help you in saving fuel (petrol-diesel) despite having an old car but will also reduce pollution and the environment will not be harmed. .
In view of pollution across the country, electric vehicles are now being promoted. Many states of the country have also issued their own policies regarding Electric Vehicles (EV), but scientists say that it will take many years to switch to new pollution free vehicles, hence such methods or technology are needed. Which can make conventionally running petrol and diesel vehicles eco-friendly and use minimum fuel.
Now not only by switching to electric vehicles but also by eco-driving in petrol and diesel vehicles, fuel and environment will be saved.
Recently, research has been done by CSIR-Central Road Research Institute (CSIR-CRRI) in which it has been said that if the focus is on eco-driving while using conventional vehicles, then there will be harm to both fuel and environment. Can be saved from. Senior Principal Scientist and Professor of Research Institute ACSIR Transportation Planning and Environment Dr. Ravindra Kumar It is said that now considering the environment and oil prices, electric vehicles are being switched to but technology will have to be used on the vehicles already running in the country, otherwise on one hand things will be fine and on the other hand Things will get messed up.
Eco driving will save 11 to 50 percent
Recent research has shown that eco-driving behavior and training practices can improve fuel economy by 11-50 percent. Apart from this, there can also be a huge reduction in CO2 emissions. Apart from the environment, this also has social benefits. In India, one tonne of CO2 emissions causes a loss of $86 to the economy.
This is how eco-driving saves petrol and diesel.
Dr. Ravindra Kumar explains that eco-driving or green driving is a method. In which special attention is given to the speed of the car. This saves huge amount of fuel. Research has shown that the lower or higher the speed of the vehicle, the higher the fuel consumption. If a car is running at a speed of 10 km per hour, it will take 14 liters of fuel to travel 100 km. Whereas if the same car is running at a speed of 120-140 kilometers per hour, it will take 14-16 liters of fuel to cover the same distance.
Eco-driving behavior and training practices can improve fuel economy by 11-50 percent.
Whereas if we look at the speed of eco-driving then it is 50-80 per kilometer. If any person keeps his car stable at this speed, then at least 7 to 7.5 liters of fuel will be required to go 100 kilometers, which is 50 percent of the fuel used for the rest of the speed. This is also shown as green speed on vehicle meters, but people often think that it is called a green signal because of accidents. Whereas this means saving fuel consumption.
What is eco-driving?
Dr. Ravindra says that there is a cycle of driving. First the vehicle is at zero i.e. it is stopped, we call it idling. After this the acceleration starts. After accelerating the car, if the road is good then we cruise. The thing to be noted here is that during cruising we should keep the vehicle at the same ideal speed. Despite the green speed being 50-80, if the car is driven between 45-65 then its effect is even better.
After this we see that if we come across any pothole or such a place where we have to slow down the car, then gradually we decelerate the car and then slowly stop the car. It happens at many places that due to haste and haste, people also use these driving cycles in a hurry. Which affects the engine and other parts of the car and increases the emission of greenhouse gases. Dr. Ravindra says that when a person drives a car or a four-wheeler, he has to pass through these four chakras. The thing to be kept in mind during this time is that after passing through these cycles, the speed of the vehicle should be taken to green speed and kept stable there.
Tags: Eco Friendly, Electric vehicle
FIRST PUBLISHED : September 4, 2021, 4:03 pm IST