Scientist Shares That Climate Change Hysteria is Damaging More than ICE Ban Discussions
16 Sep 2023, 21:02 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / According to Patrick T. Brown, he only managed to publish his climate change study on Nature after conforming to the mainstream narrative.
Stellantis Defends Ethanol-Powered Cars As Being Cleaner Than EVs in Europe, But Are They?
4 Apr 2023, 11:59 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / It is important to stress that the concern is only related to carbon emissions, which is a massive mistake the automotive industry should not make
PHEVs Are No Climate Solution, But Neither Are BEVs or FCEVs
15 Feb 2023, 11:12 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The idea that electric cars can stop climate change is as ridiculous as imagining a little bird can contain a blaze carrying water in its beak
Transport & Environment Accuses PHEVs of Performing Greenwashing Once Again
11 Feb 2023, 22:20 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The organization has already made tests with large plug-in hybrid SUVs, but now it touches on a much more sensitive topic: insufficient range.
Polestar 0 Project Proposes to Build an Electric Car With No Fossil Emissions by 2030
23 Feb 2022, 10:07 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Avoiding carbon emissions is impossible, but choosing where this carbon comes from may benefit mankind and the planet as a whole
T&E Says Only VW and Volvo Are Ready for the Transition to EVs
17 Jun 2021, 10:00 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / More than a compliment, the report actually states that 8 in 10 carmakers need to speed up if Europe is to meet its carbon-neutrality goal by 2050.
Volvo Trucks to Run on DME in North America by 2015
11 Jun 2013, 11:00 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / DME is short for Di-Methyl-Ether and can be produced as a biofuel through distillation. Compared with diesel fuel, Bio-DME produces no less than 95 percent less carbon dioxide emissions, while deliv...
Volkswagen Will Make Production Plants 25% Greener by 2018
29 Dec 2011, 16:22 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen might have been bashed by Greenpeace with a parody of their Little Darth Vader commercial, but the Germans are taking the planet seriously after all. Not only are they investing heavily i...
Murcielago Is the Least Green Car of the Year 2010
16 Jun 2010, 10:39 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The Environmental Transport Association (ETA) revealed today the Green Car Awards winners (or losers), after it has examined over 5,000 car models and compared the results. According to the ETA, the...
Mazda i-stop System Wins 2009 RJC Award
19 Nov 2009, 10:13 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / It seems like the Japanese editors were quite impressed by Mazda’s i-stop, as the system received the 2009 Automotive Researchers’ and Journalists’ Conference of Japan (RJC) Techno...
Top CEOs Set Up Electrification Coalition
17 Nov 2009, 09:19 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Some of the most important business leaders came together to form the Electrification Coalition, a not-for-profit organization born to promote policies and actions that will facilitate the deploymen...
Car Use Impact on Climate Change Campaign
9 Nov 2009, 14:06 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / UK’s Department for Transport launched a new advertising campaign that aims to build awareness on the impact the car use has over the climate change. The new DfT campaign is therefore aimed at...
Susan Solomon Arrives for Her Volvo Environment Prize
3 Nov 2009, 11:15 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Some four months ago we were reporting on 2009 Volvo Environment Prize, which was awarded to one of the most appreciated atmospheric scientists for important findings on the ozone layer depletion an...
2009 Volvo Environment Prize Goes to Susan Solomon
24 Jun 2009, 10:50 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Susan Solomon, one of the most appreciated atmospheric scientists has been awarded with the 2009 Volvo Environment Prize for important findings on the ozone layer depletion and on the UN climate pan...
Drivers with Sat-Nav Systems Use 12% Less Fuel
28 Apr 2009, 15:57 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Nokia’s Navteq digital map provider revealed the results of the study conducted by the social science research company NuStats over the sat-nav systems' utility. Results showed that d...