Toyota Plug-In Prius and Prius V Pricing Revealed
16 Sep 2011, 20:10 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Toyota has just released the US pricing for the extended Prius family we met in Frankfurt, with the company also preparing to introduce the cars to dealerships from across the country. The Prius ...
EcoVelocity Was the UK’s Largest Ever Eco Testdrive Event
16 Sep 2011, 18:26 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / EcoVelocity, the UK’s first eco automotive festival was held at Battersea Power Station last week. But the event can add another first to its list of achievements, as it delivered the UK&rsquo...
Toyota Believes Hybrids Will Represent 20% of 2020 Market
16 Sep 2011, 15:32 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Toyota’s executive vice president of R&D and engineering, Takeshi Uchiyamada, strongly believes in the importance of hybrids in general, especially seeing as the company has such a lead wi...
Toyota Is the World's Greenest Brand
29 Jul 2011, 05:22 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Toyota now holds the title of the world's greenest brand, with the company receiving the distinction in a new global survey from the internationl brand consultancy Interbrand. The first Best...
Bananas, Pineapples and Other Alternative Cars
29 Mar 2011, 08:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Eco, the word that has defined the automotive industry for the past several years, has a funny side to it. A while back, news of a racing car made of carrots, potato starch and flax and powered by c...
UPS! 200 Million Miles of Green Deliveries
1 Mar 2011, 06:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As one of the largest fleet operators in the world, UPS is currently facing, as do all other companies, a very stringent problem: fuel price. With the numbers at the pump apparently engaged in some ...
Honda Keeps Greenest Vehicles Crown for 11th Year
18 Feb 2011, 14:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It must be great for an auto maker, especially for a medium-sized one, to manage and impress and be recognized for its merits. And, if that recognition comes year after year, for the past 11 years n...
Nissan Japan Plants Get ISO Environmental Certification
20 Jan 2011, 09:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The efforts to produce green cars made by Japanese manufacturer Nissan in recent years expanded well beyond the launch of the Leaf EV or Fuga hybrid. The car maker kept itself busy by trying, by its...
Kansas City Public Schools Buy 47 Green Buses
28 Dec 2010, 15:26 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / A total of 47 Thomas Built HDX rear engine buses, powered by compressed natural gas (CNG), have been purchased by the Kansas City Kansas Public School District. The school district will pay only hal...
Drivers Think Eco, Buy the Price
30 Nov 2010, 21:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's all about the theory with British drivers. The automotive world has been, for the past two year or so, engulfed in a bitter debate over the advantages and disadvantages of using alternativ...
Volkswagen's TDI Engines are Bridge to Energy Independence
30 Nov 2010, 09:52 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Volkswagen claims that their TDI engines are the bridge to energy independence and the company has even been dubbed the most environmentally friendly carmaker selling in the USA by J.D. Power and A...
Pramac Racing Becomes the Green Energy Team
18 Mar 2010, 10:43 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Pramac Ducati decided to bring something new to the table in the 2010 MotoGP championship, and the best way to do that before the actual start of the season is to shock the audience with a brand new...
Lawmaker Makes Green Proposal for the U.S. Postal Service
28 Dec 2009, 09:17 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / U.S. representative Jose E. Serrano wants to turn the U.S. Postal Service (USPC) vehicle fleet green, Washington Post reported. We are talking about the largest civilian fleet of vehicles in the wor...
Volvo Trucks Go Green with Methane-Diesel Engines
15 Dec 2009, 14:32 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / It seems that Volvo Trucks will be the first to go green, as it plans to launch an efficient diesel engine which is fueled by a mixture of methane gas and diesel. Though the technology is new, the e...
EV Cup, the First Green Racing Series Comes in 2011
2 Dec 2009, 14:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It was only a matter of time before electric vehicles would have developed a racing series of their own. Following the debut of the TTXGP electric bikes racing series in 2009, the first similar comp...
THINK Gets "Company to Watch" Award at Cleantech Connect Awards 2009
20 Nov 2009, 15:01 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Cleantech Connect Awards is an annual event whose purpose is to get together Europe’s leading companies in green technology as this side of the industry is encouraged to grow each year. At...
BMW Green Concept Sports Car, in Frankfurt
30 Jul 2009, 13:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In the press release issued yesterday by German manufacturer BMW to announce their official withdrawal from Formula 1 after the current season concludes, an exciting piece of information was hidden....
Honda NSX May Arrive as a Hybrid Supercar
22 Jul 2009, 18:31 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / With Honda president, Takeo Fukui, announcing at the end of 2008 they will abandon the NSX Super sports car development, rumors swarm now about a possible revival of the famed NSX. After its world-w...
Toyota-Mazda Hybrid Alliance in Sight
16 Jul 2009, 13:54 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / Toyota Motor Corp. the world's leader in auto hybrids, stated recently that it looks at boosting hybrid sales as being very important and will consider any request from automakers to share its ...
Leonardo DiCaprio Stays Green
19 Feb 2009, 08:26 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Apparently, Leonardo DiCaprio has decided to save the Planet and in order to achieve this specific purpose, the 34-year-old star is only riding in green cars. Thus, the "Revolutionary Road&q...