Tuk Tuks ganing popularity in Sana’a (Yemen) but angering officials
SEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD, AUTO RICKSHAWS ARE NOW POPULAR IN SANA’A – TOK-TOKS, GAINING SPEED BUT ANGERING OFFICIALS. It turns out that people of Yemen have started to use […]
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Bajaj RE60: Is it an improved three-wheeler or a car?
Is Bajaj giving itself a competition by introducing BAJAJ RE60 as the future of auto-rickshaws (tuk tuk)? It seems to be a competition stunt to takeover the Tata Nano market […]
Tuk tuk, ahoy!
December 31, 2012, Via The Hindu The Rickshaw Challenge — Classic Run is proof that a little imagination is all it takes to transform the banal into the sublime As […]
Three Wheel Auto-rickshaws Venture into Car-Crazy Johannesburg
By Anita Powell, November 14, 2012, Via VoaNews.com Car-crazy Johannesburg is about to get its first fleet of auto-rickshaws, the distinctive three-wheelers that dominate streets of the Indian subcontinent. For residents […]
Diesel-powered Indian three-wheeler to be assembled in Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Via Saaw 2012, October 8, 2012 A R30 000 multi-purpose diesel-powered three-wheeled transporter being assembled in Port Elizabeth has been launched at the South African Automotive Week. Motogreen has partnered […]
Environmental measures: 4,000 jobless following old rickshaw ban in Pakistan
After the recent ban of auto rickshaws, manufactured before 1985, 4000 rickshaw drivers have become unemployed. Philippines has been facing a similar problem for the last decade, and to curb […]
Tuk Tuk world record attempt
15 August 2012, Via Cardiff.ac.uk A Cardiff University graduate, who helped found The Tuk Tuk Educational Trust, has begun the UK leg of a round the world expedition promoting and […]
Research and Markets: India Three Wheelers Market
Tue Jun 5, 2012 11:40am EDT Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/pzjggn/india_three_wheele) has announced the addition of the “India Three Wheelers Market” report to their offering. India’s commercial vehicle market has grown by leaps and […]
Three Wheel Taxis in Ahmedabad, India. For masses or a menace?
The volume of automobiles being dumped on our streets is growing by leaps and bounds. Gujarat is among those states of India that have highest automobile density, with Ahmedabad accounting […]
Why a win-win situation is critical to creating a better Auto-Rickshaw system in India
We’ve been working at a better autorickshaw system for commuters across Indian cities for well over two years now. Trying to change something that has been “the norm” for so […]
Rajkot, India Catalyzes Auto-Rickshaw Entrepreneurship
This blog post is a part of the catalyzing new mobility program and receives support from The Rockefeller Foundation. Rajkot is one of the fastest growing cities in India, with a […]
Smart Technology Entrepreneurship Initiatives for Auto-Rickshaw Rides
By Pallavi Pant In a previous blog post, we highlighted the various opportunities in the auto-rickshaw sector for entrepreneurs to develop innovative businesses. One opportunity that is gaining momentum is the development […]
Different Strokes: New Lower-Pollution Auto Rickshaw Engines Could Save Lives, Curb Climate Change
Banned in Delhi for a decade, smog-spewing combustion engine–powered rickshaws are fading away in India and in many other countries, thanks not only to inroads by minivans, but also to […]
Insights on Finance for India’s Auto-Rickshaw Entrepreneurs
Last month, EMBARQ India hosted an event, “Rickshaw Rising: An Auto-Rickshaw Entrepreneurship Summit,” in Mumbai to discuss the challenges and opportunities of promoting and scaling up entrepreneurship initiatives in the auto-rickshaw sector in […]
Will tuk-tuks find home on Charleston’s streets? (North Carolina,USA)
Tuk-tuks, the ubiquitous three-wheeled people movers seen from Bangkok to the Bahamas, would be a great idea for zipping around Charleston, a local entrepreneur says. Trouble is, Charleston City Council […]
India Showcases Hydrogen Fuel Auto-Rickshaws
Auto-rickshaws are a mode of low-cost, point-to-point transportation in Indian cities. The use of two-stroke engines running on gasoline and diesel, coupled with poor maintenance, often results in high pollutant […]
Lançamento de novo relatório sobre tuk tuks na Índia
Transporte urbano sustentável na Índia: o papel do tuk tuk Histórico Por toda a Índia tuk tuks fazem mais de 229 milhões de viagens com passageiros por dia. É previsto […]
Rise of the Rickshaw
The population of Indian cities, already more than 340 million, is projected to reach nearly 600 million by 2030. By then daily passenger trips among 87 of the country’s major cities will have […]
Launch of New Report on Auto-Rickshaws in India
Sustainable Urban Transport in India: Role of the Auto-Rickshaw Sector Background Across India, auto-rickshaws make more than 229 million passenger trips per day. That number is expected to more than […]
Is the age of the three wheeled autorickshaw coming to an end?
Bajaj’s astonishingly awkward-looking new car, nay, “four-wheeler”, the RE60, seeks to replace that most iconic of Indian vehicles, the auto rickshaw. The company claims that the vehicle is not targeted […]
Why three wheeler drivers, cabbies hate bajaj’s new car
Autorickshaw drivers and cabbies in Mumbai have rejected the new Bajaj RE60 auto-rickcar that was launched on Tuesday with taximen saying it’s “too small’’ and automen calling it“a ploy to […]
Bajaj 4-stroke CNG autorickshaw launched
The RE 205 M CNG, the four-stroke CNG autorickshaw from the Bajaj Auto, was launched at a function held at the Kandukuri Kalyana Mandapam here in city on Monday. The […]
To make city travel more affordable, NGO moots ‘dial an auto rickshaw’ network
Imagine this. You call an autorickshaw and the driver arrives at the appointed time. After dropping you off at your destination, he points to the display meter, picks up the […]
Rickshaw Camper
‘Bufalino’ concept car, an apartment on three wheels. German designer Cornelius Comanns managed to turn a tiny three-wheeled vehicle into a rolling home. The concept behind the Bufalino is to […]
Eco-Friendly Rickshaws
Cities in Asian countries have high air and noise pollution from petrol- and diesel-powered three-wheelers called auto rickshaws or tuk-tuks. Resting on three small wheels—one in front, two in the […]
Tuk-Tuks Onto Cambridge Streets
TUK-tuks are set to hit Cambridge as a possible rival to the city’s taxi firms. Plans to introduce the diminutive threewheel carriages to the city’s streets will be considered by […]
Super Auto Rickshaw Driver – India’s first female auto rickshaw driver
Delhi may be considered unsafe for women, but that hasn’t stopped Sunita from taking up as odd a job as an autorickshaw driver. Thirty two-year-old Sunita, the national capital’s first […]
Autorickshaw union threaten to go on strike (India)
New Delhi, Mar 30 (PTI) A prominent Autorickshaw union today threatened to go on strike if the city government does not withdraw its decision of making it mandatory to install […]
Introduction & Regional Variations (Worldwide)
Tuk-Tuk, trishaw, auto, rickshaw, autorick, bajaj, rick, tricycle, mototaxi or baby taxi in popular parlance is a motor vehicle and a mode of transport for private use and as a vehicle for hire. It is a motorized version of the traditional rickshaw or velotaxi, a […]
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