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ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY: Asian Development Bank president Haruhiko Kuroda gives a mock ride to Confederation of Indian Industry president Y.C. Deveshwar and Rahul Bajaj, CMD, Bajaj Auto Limited (right), on the hydrogen fuel autorickshaw, jointly developed by Bajaj Auto and U.S.-Aid, in New Delhi on Thursday. — PHOTO: KAMAL NARANG

NEW DELHI: A hydrogen-fuel powered auto-rickshaw made its debut at the annual convention of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers here on Thursday.

The three-wheeler, the product of an alliance between American-Indian business houses forged by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is one of two such unique vehicles in the world. The conventional combustion engine of the three-wheeler has been converted to use hydrogen as an alternative fuel.

The vehicle boasts of performance levels equal to those of conventional Compressed Natural Gas-fuelled ones. The vehicle is on the roads of Michigan, U.S., and the model is placed at the Bajaj headquarters in India.

It has been touted as a step towards mitigating climate change, and as an example of U.S.-India energy cooperation.

Bajaj Auto Ltd. of Pune and Energy Conversion Devices of Troy, Michigan, worked together to create the vehicle. USAID provided $500,000 to the project. — PTI

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