CO2 Blues as Makers Grapple with EU Regulations
Here, Toyota and its Lexus luxury brand appear to have a huge advantage as the undisputed hybrid leaders. In fact, during 2009 in sales in the European market, the world’s largest automaker surpassed...
View ArticleVolvo to offer Plug-in Hybrids across the Range
Volvo’s plans to offer a plug in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) on one of its larger car lines by 2012 is just the beginning of an ambitious program to spread the application of the technology to its entire...
View ArticleThink Fast! New EV Fast Charge Method Announced
Electric vehicle manufacturer Think will announce later this morning that it will join with AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV) to jump-start the fast-charge infrastructure in the United States. The...
View ArticleSolar Electricity From a Porsche Warehouse
Porsche AG, Stuttgart, is making a 40,000-square-meter area on the rooftop of its central spare parts warehouse in Sachsenheim (Baden-Wuerttemberg) to install and operate approximately 8,500...
View ArticleFuel Economy & Greenhouse Gas Rules Finalized
Starting with 2012 model year vehicles, the rules together require automakers to improve fleet-wide fuel economy and reduce fleet-wide greenhouse gas emissions by about 5% every year. NHTSA has...
View ArticleLondon Congestion Charge under Review
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has proposed changing the congestion charge exemption to include cars with conventional engines that emit low levels of CO2, in many cases lower than the hybrid or...
View ArticleWill Europe Legislate the Gas Engine Out of Existence?
If European regulators follow through on a proposal now getting serious consideration all fossil fuel-powered vehicles could be banned from the Continent’s roadways by 2050.
View ArticleCould Battery Cars “Pose Environmental Threat”?
Could battery cars speed up the pace of global warming? That’s the unexpected twist to emerge from a new study that warns that electric vehicle technology is far more energy-demanding during production...
View ArticleWhat Will Paris Climate Change Agreement Mean for Motorists?
In a historic move, 196 countries have signed on to support the new Paris climate change accord. The pact will have a broad global impact, and nowhere will that be felt more than in the auto industry....
View ArticleHarvard Alchemists Want to Turn Air into Gasoline
Talk about turning water into wine. Harvard scientists have found a way to not only remove CO2 from the air but turn it back into liquid fuels. A pilot plant is already operating in Canada and should...
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