Mellowcab Is the Electric Rickshaw of the Future
24 Oct 2014, 17:51 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / More than 80 percent of all urban trips are shorter than three miles, which means we don’t really make the proper use of internal combustion. At least that is what the South African entreprene...
South Korean Artist Turns Scrap Tires into Frighting Sculptures · Video
16 Oct 2014, 16:40 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / While us petrol heads enjoy sportscars drifting and tires turning into smoke on the race track, here stands the world with a great problem: pollution. With Americans generating about 285 million scr...
London Could Have a Floating 8-Mile-Long Pathway Designed Only For Bikes
15 Oct 2014, 17:26 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / All the car manufacturers are slowly turning their heads towards efficient motors, as electric cars become more and more popular. But Europe seems to be one step forward of everybody else, as the po...
Lego Says Bye-Bye to Shell, Greenpeace Wins Over Climate Issues
9 Oct 2014, 14:02 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Remember how Shell was trying to keep a good image through its partnership with Lego, the world’s biggest toymaker? Well, that is over now, as the Danish company just announced they decided no...
Renault Claims Number One Spot in Europe for Low CO2 Emissions
5 Sep 2013, 14:59 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Renault Group claims to have become the European leader in terms of low CO2 emissions, based on its sales of passenger cars in the first half of 2013. The company says the average level of CO2 em...
Cykno, the Carbon and Leather Electric Bike
11 Apr 2013, 14:39 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / From time to time, we stumble upon some pieces of two-wheeled machinery which leave us speechless. Today it's the Cykno, and electric bicycle which blends is the most authentic Victorian, steam...
Amego Wind, Classic Design for Modern Electric Technology
14 Dec 2012, 10:57 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Amego Wind is yet another electric scooter for cross-town errands, offering a range of 40-45 km (25-28 miles) for a full charge. This distance is more than enough for most people who would ride ...
US Energy Information Administration Deems US Most Efficient Since 2007
14 Aug 2012, 13:38 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / It seems that the slow trend towards renewable and ‘green’ is slowly trickling into the minds of more and more Americans. While most will still opt to buy a useless SUV which they will d...
We’re going to the US. EU sucks.
30 Mar 2011, 08:50 UTC · By: Charles Darveight / I wonder... how prepared the guys over in the US are to take in a wave of immigrants of about... 500 million people by 2050? I’m already considering it, after reading the new projects fleshed ...
Team Lotus Supports New Engine in F1
4 Jan 2011, 13:01 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Since Ferrari has been so critical of the new F1 engine rules introduced by the International Automobile Federation (FIA) for the 2013 season, there had to be someone to counterbalance the situation...
Lexus Eco Challenge #2 Winners Announced
1 Mar 2010, 08:46 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The second phase winners of the annual Lexus Eco Challenge launched on September 28, 2009 were announced. They comprise fifteen middle and high schools teams, each of them awarded with $10,000. More...
2009-2010 Lexus Eco Challenge Winners Announced
7 Jan 2010, 09:25 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Winners of the first round of the annual Lexus Eco Challenge launched on September 28, 2009 were announced yesterday. They comprise sixteen middle and high schools from 12 states, to which Lexus Nor...
Oko-Trend Awards Three Mercedes-Benz Models
18 Dec 2009, 15:38 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Following extensive analysis on the environmental compatibility of consumer goods, environmental research institute Oko-Trend awarded the Mercedes-Benz S400 HYBRID, the B 180 NGT and the smart mhd (...
China Becomes World’s No. 1 Auto Market, U.S. surpassed
11 Dec 2009, 10:36 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / China is now the biggest automotive market on the globe, leaving U.S. in second place for the first time in history, according to the Associated Press. So far this year, automotive sales in China...
NASCAR May Use Ethanol Fuel from 2011
9 Dec 2009, 13:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) conference running in the background, NASCAR's chief marketing officer talked at the inaugural Motor Sport Business Forum North America...
Toyota Releases 2009 Environmental Report
8 Dec 2009, 07:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Caught in a bitter battle with the NHTSA and its consumers to save its image in North America, Japanese carmaker Toyota is trying to earn some points by providing North American residents with the 2...
Fiat eco:Drive, Apple Awards Green Champion
19 Nov 2009, 18:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With all the fuss created around green technologies employed in the automotive industry, each and any recognition given to a manufacturer for its efforts can do nothing less than help it promote its...
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...
2009 Toyota Sustainability Report Released
8 Sep 2009, 08:17 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / All the major carmakers have been recently centering their manufacturing activities and researches in making their cars ‘greener’, and Toyota is no exception. So they brag about the lowe...
Honda CR-Z to Launch in February 2010
13 Jul 2009, 09:14 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / Honda Motor Co. Ltd. revealed its plans to begin sales in Japan of the CR-Z sporty hybrid in February 2010 and the Fit Hybrid before the end of 2010, automobilesreview.com reports. The Japanese c...