Ferrari has announced plans to cut fuel consumption by 40% by 2012, all in an effort to reduce C02 emissions by a third.
But that’s not going to be enough for the European Union, which wants C02 emissions reduced to 120g/km by 2012 – a reduction of more than two-thirds from the current 400 g/km level met by Ferrari and other automakers.
Moreover, the regulation of C02 emissions is nothing but a means of regulating fuel economy, as the only way to reduce C02 emissions is (...)
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For Audi engineers from the "Electronic Research Laboratory" (ERL) in California, vehicle-to-vehicle networks are a major step towards reducing fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions.
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It’ll only be a matter of time, guaranteed. The boys and girls at Australia’s Revetec are well underway testing what will hopefully become the world’s first production Controlled Combustion Engine (CCE). They are very advanced in their development and are reportedly in talks with several manufacturers across Asia. Based in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, Revetec Holdings Limited has been working on this revolutionary idea since 1995 and believes it is nearing production readiness.
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Ferrari has announced that they will reduce the fuel consumption by 40% by 2012 in response to the growing pressure on car makers to reduce CO2 emissions. Also the CO2 emission will be reduce by 400 grams per kilometer per vehicle to 280-300.
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This afternoon in front of the Los Angeles Convention center, we had a little presentation of GM Project Driveway. No, It’s not a new reality show on Bravo. It’s GM Hydrogen Fuel Cell Program. The program will offer to regular driver, a chance to test drive an Hydrogen Chevrolet Equinox for 3 months, in exchange for feedback about the vehicle.
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As weird as it may sound, there is such thing as a biodegradable car. The Eco One is proof of it. Its shell is made of hemp, wheels made of potatoes, and powered by fuel made from fermented wheat. The even more amazing thing is that this green car can go from 0-60mph in under four seconds. The top speed of this car is about 150mph!
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General Motors Announces Collaboration With State Of Colorado To Bring More E85 Ethanol Stations To The State
Colorado E85 Coalition Plans for Forty New E85 Ethanol Stations—Largest One-Time Announcement To-Date
DENVER – General Motors and Governor Bill Ritter’s Colorado E85 Coalition today announced plans for the addition of forty new E85 ethanol fueling locations to be opened throughout the state by the end of 2007. The new fueling locations will be promoted by GM as part of a (...)
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The European Commission will unveil a compromise proposal on limiting emissions from new passenger cars, in a battle that has pitted Europe’s ambitious environmental goals against some of the world’s biggest carmakers.
After fierce lobbying by European automakers, the 27-member commission, the executive body of the European Union, is expected to endorse a watered-down blueprint that would impose a limit on carbon dioxide emissions from new cars averaging 130 grams a kilometer (...)
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Scientists and economists have been offered $10,000 each by a lobby group funded by one of the world’s largest oil companies to undermine a major climate change report due to be published today.
Letters sent by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), an ExxonMobil-funded thinktank with close links to the Bush administration, offered the payments for articles that emphasise the shortcomings of a report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
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Less than two weeks after being named 2006’s "Top Plant" by Plant Engineering magazine, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) named BMW Manufacturing Co. LLC, and partner Dürr Systems, Inc., as joint recipients of the Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) "Energy Partner of the Year" award. The award was presented at today’s 10th Annual LMOP Conference and Project Expo in Baltimore.
The prestigious award was given to BMW Manufacturing and Dürr in (...)
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