Many major nationalized banks in India offer loans
to self employed individuals who want to buy an auto rickshaw.
Auto rickshaw manufacturers in India include Bajaj Auto, Kerala
Auto Limited, Piaggio and Force Motors (previously Bajaj Tempo).
TVS Motors, has announced it will enter the auto rickshaw market
in early 2006. Auto rickshaws are found in cities, villages and
in the countryside.
Known locally as Rickshah or autos, and used mainly by
the lower-middle-class, auto rickshaws are a popular mode of
transport for short routes within cities in Pakistan. One of the
major brands of auto rickshaws is Vespa (an Italian Company).
Environment Canada is implementing pilot projects in Lahore,
Karachi and Quetta with engine technology developed in
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada that uses compressed natural gas
(CNG) instead of petrol in the two-stroke engines, in an effort
to combat environmental pollution.
In many cities in Pakistan, there are also motor cycle rickshaws,
usually called chand gari (moon car) or qingqi (after the Chinese
company who first introduced this rickshaw to the market).
In addition to ferrying people around, an innovative use of auto
rickshaws in public life was the demonstration in Peshawar in
2001 against the American invasion of Afghanistan.
Auto rickshaws commonly known as 'three-wheelers' can be
found on all roads in Sri Lanka from the curvy roads through the
hill country to the congested roads of Colombo transporting
locals, foreigners, or freight about. Sri Lankan tuk-tuks are of
the style of the light Phnom Penh type. Most tuk-tuks in Sri
Lanka are a slightly modified Indian Bajaj model, imported from
India though there are few manufactured locally and increasingly
imports from other countries in the region and other brands of
three wheelers such as Piaggio. In 2007 January the Sri Lankan
government imposed an ban on all 2 stroke three wheelers and
therefore the ones imported to the island now are only with a
four stroke engine. Most three wheelers are available as hiring
vehicles with few being used to haul goods and as private
vehicles. Bajaj enjoys a virtual monopoly in the island with its
agent being David Pieries Motor Co Ltd[1]. A few three wheelers
in Sri Lanka have distance meters, but the vast majority of
charges are negotiated between the passenger and driver.
Referred to as bajaj in Indonesia, are common
throughout the country's capital Jakarta. Bajaj is India's main
Auto-Rickshaw manufacturer.
The auto rickshaw, called tuk-tuk in Thailand, is a widely used
form of urban transport in Bangkok and other Thai cities, as well
as other major Southeast Asian and South Asian cities. It is
particularly popular where traffic congestion is a major problem,
such as in Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima.
The mototaxi or moto is the Central American and Peruvian
incarnation of the auto rickshaw. These are most commonly made
from the front end and engine of a motorcycle attached to a
two-wheeled passenger area in back. Commercially produced models,
such as the Indian Bajaj brand, are also employed. In Guatemala
the commercial vehicles are referred to as tuk-tuks.
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