Ford's UK Dagenham Plant to Get Third Wind Turbine
20 Jan 2010, 18:12 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ford’s UK diesel engine plant located in Dagenham, east of London, will receive a third wind turbine. This will be installed on the eastern edge of the production site, as just-auto.com report...
New Accelerator Pedal to Improve Fuel Consumption
6 Jan 2010, 13:33 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Ever worry that cars are becoming more and more complicated and driving is becoming more and more electronically assisted? Well things are going to get pushed further, as Continental AG announced it...
How Parking Heaters Work
28 Dec 2009, 16:44 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / In winter times, it's practically an understatement to say that most of us find it difficult to wake up from our warm beds and trade our much-needed comfort in the early hours of the morning fo...
2010 Fiat 500 Gets 900cc Two-Cylinder Turbocharged Engine
23 Dec 2009, 08:50 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / In an official presentation, Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne has revealed that the company’s long anticipated Small GasolineEngine (SGE) will make its way to the market next year in the form of a 0...
Hyundai Has the Lowest Carbon Emissions
15 Dec 2009, 13:19 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / According to the National Transport Commission, Hyundai is Australia’s cleanest brand. After taking into consideration fifteen manufacturers which annually sell 95 percent of their new vehicle...
Netherlands Approves Pay Per Kilometer Tax
16 Nov 2009, 13:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Dutch government is about to turn every single car owner in the country into taxi drivers, as it approved the first European “pay-as-you-drive” tax, to come into effect starting 2012...
Volvo DRIVe Fuel Economy Competition: 3.1 liters/100 km
16 Nov 2009, 07:52 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / It seems that Volvo’s DRIVe models created a new trend: the challenge is to drive the car as economically as you can, and the winner is the team with the lowest fuel consumption. One of th...
Opel Presents 2010 Corsa ecoFLEX
28 Oct 2009, 15:48 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / It’s astonishing how things in the auto industry get greener by the second. We live in an era where everyone wants to save fuel, save the planet, keep things as neat and clean as possible. ...
Kia Sorento Diesel Stars in Global Green Challenge
26 Oct 2009, 11:12 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / After introducing the cee’d model, it was clear for everybody that Kia was in for a serious makeover. So the Koreans decided to leave no vehicle untouched. Following the introduction of the ne...
Volkswagen Wants More Efficient Cars in China
22 Oct 2009, 14:01 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Volkswagen has already announced enthusiastic plants for China but the company continues to announce new goodies for this particular growing market. This time, the German brand said it wants more fu...
Fiat Drops Emissions Average to 129.1 g/km
18 Sep 2009, 10:07 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Fiat is one of the manufacturers that are struggling to reduce the overall emission figures of their products and the company pretty much managed to achieve its optimistic goals. Fiat initially aime...
Nissan Free Trial Helps Motorists Drive More Economically
26 Jun 2009, 10:56 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Nissan has just announced a new trial for the United Kingdom that will teach drivers how to drive more economically while reducing CO2 emissions. Called the Nissan Intelligent Driver Project (NIDP),...
NHTSA Proposes Tire Fuel Efficiency Ratings
22 Jun 2009, 14:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If you didn't know by know, the tires on your car have a more or less significant impact on the fuel consumption rate of the vehicle. After efforts have been made to insure that customers will ...
Second Green Car Award in UK for Renault Modus
22 Jun 2009, 06:05 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / For the second year running, Renault Modus won the ‘Small MPV’ category in the Environmental Transport Association’s (ETA) ‘Green Car Awards’. ETA had a hard decisio...
Big Diesel Engines Produce 90% Less Pollutants, Study Shows
19 Jun 2009, 11:18 UTC · By: Tudor Raiciu / Big diesel engines used in trucks and buses have never been famous for their environmentally friendly attitude, yet you probably don't realize just how much they have evolved from the old days ...
New York’s Giant Carbon Counter Revealed Today
19 Jun 2009, 10:40 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Citizens of New York will face humanity’s growing carbon emissions level each time they pass through Madison Square Garden and Penn Station. According to Scientific American, a 70-foot tall si...
"NASCAR Green Clean Air" Launched at the MIS
12 Jun 2009, 14:56 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) today announced the launch of their newest environment-friendly programme, aimed at recovering the CO2 emissions produced by the race cars...
Michelin Saved 66.7M Liters of Fuel...
5 Jun 2009, 15:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / ...or how to use tires to reduce fuel consumption. The UN World Environment Day, to being held today in Mexico City, is the perfect opportunity for Michelin to show the world how it helped save 66.7...
Audi Tech Goodies for 2009
7 May 2009, 08:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German manufacturer Audi has prepared some new technologies to be implemented into their range this year, most of them aimed to make Audi cars more fuel efficient and less pollutant than before. The...
2010 Lotus Elise and Exige Upgraded with Cleaner Engines
16 Apr 2009, 12:52 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / How often does it happen to think at fuel consumption when talking about Lotus cars? Pretty often it seems, since the sports car manufacturer felt the need to align with the continuously-changing ma...