Archive for ‘car’
EU to call for strict sustainability rules on biofuels
January 14th, 2008
The European Union is to call for strict rules on the types of biofuels that can be used across the bloc in order to avoid damaging the environment, officials in Brussels said Monday.
Popularity: 5%
Eco-Car Just Down The Road
January 13th, 2008
A prototype for an “extreme hybrid” car that runs for 40 miles at 60 m.p.h. on battery power alone is on exhibit at Detroit’s International Auto Show.
Popularity: 5%
“Nano” a no no for environment
January 11th, 2008
Selling for less than half the price of the current cheapest car in the market, it is India’s version of the Volkswagen Beetle in Germany or the Mini in England.
Popularity: 5%
Say Tata to costly cars
January 10th, 2008
India’s top vehicle maker Tata launches the world’s cheapest car to a packed audience at the Auto Expo 2008 in New Delhi after years of anticipation and criticism from environment groups that it will add to already overcrowded roads.
Popularity: 6%
Olsen Gremlins
January 9th, 2008
Frito Lay tries to go green, PRT isn’t what gave you that rash, and the Olsen twins slaughter small animals.
Popularity: 5%
Ice town sweats from global warming
January 9th, 2008
China’s hometown to ice sculptures, Harbin, is suffering from global warming.
Popularity: 5%
Car makers rethinking strategy for 2008
January 9th, 2008
German car makers are rethinking their model strategies for 2008 amid a new car sales slump and the growing image problems faced by performance cars with high carbon dioxide emissions.
Popularity: 5%
One Family Goes Green With Biodiesel
January 8th, 2008
Family goes green with biodiesel.
Popularity: 5%
Pros and cons of Tata’s $2,500 People’s Car
January 8th, 2008
India’s Tata Motors Ltd unveils the world’s cheapest car in New Delhi on Thursday. Dubbed the “People’s Car”, it will sell for about $2,500 and should be in dealers’ showrooms by September.
Popularity: 7%
German ban on polluting cars
January 4th, 2008
German cities are taking action against car pollution aiming to ban dirty and polluting vehicles.
Popularity: 4%
German car sales slump, but exports hit record high
January 3rd, 2008
German car sales slumped 9 per cent in 2007 to their lowest level since the nation’s historic unification more than 17 years ago, data released Thursday showed, as soaring energy prices and an unpopular tax rise hit the auto sector.
Popularity: 2%
Batman vs. Tuberculosis
January 2nd, 2008
Chicago turns it’s alleys green, Batman gets denied a swim, and Ctrl+Alt+Autos, including the Vectrix & Piaggio scooters.
Popularity: 3%
EVS 23: The Fuel Cell Store
December 28th, 2007
One of the interesting folks I met at EVS 23, the Electric Vehicle Symposium in Anaheim, Calif., was Kathleen Larson, former math teacher and owner of the Fuel Cell Store. Concerned about reducing their carbon footprint, she and her husband started the company seven years ago, which sells among other things, hydrogen fuel cell model cars for …
Popularity: 3%
Expert says German carmakers cannot afford CO2 cuts
December 19th, 2007
Luxury automakers cannot afford to use emissions-cutting technology because their powerful cars would become impossibly expensive, an industry expert warned Wednesday.
Popularity: 4%
What Fuel Economy Increase Means For Cars, Us
December 19th, 2007
Congress passed legislation on Tuesday that will increase the fuel economy standard for U.S. automakers to 35 miles per gallon by 2020
Popularity: 6%
