Green Car Congress
MARCH 17, 2020
A 2003 study on victims of the coronavirus SARS found that patients in regions with moderate air pollution levels were 84% more likely to die than those in regions with low air pollution. Governments should have tackled chronic air pollution long ago, but have prioritized the economy over health by going soft on the auto industry.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 3, 2016
Scion, established as a separate brand in 2003 to explore new products and processes to attract youth customers, will transition to the Toyota brand. Scion has consistently been the youngest brand in the auto industry with an average age of 36 years old.
Baua Electric
APRIL 15, 2024
This afternoon, Alfa Romeo made the call to avoid the hassles and just change the name of its first EV to the very safe and neutral-sounding Junior after “a confrontation with officials from the Industry and Made in Italy Ministry” last Friday, Automotive News Europe reports. Things must have gotten a bit hairy.
Green Car Congress
MAY 22, 2013
For the first seven years since its founding in 2003, Tesla was funded entirely with private funds, led by Elon Musk. The Department first offered loans to Tesla and other auto manufacturers in June 2009, when car companies couldn’t get other financing and many people questioned whether the industry would survive.
Green Car Congress
JULY 17, 2014
Carried out for LowCVP by E4tech and the Centre for Automotive Industry Research at Cardiff Business School, the study was conducted between March and June 2014. In the early 2000s, the UK car industry was in a state of decline. UK auto sector turnover was £64.1 billion (US$79 billion) in 2003.
Green Cars News
MAY 30, 2009
He states that the auto CEOs were “in bed&# with the green jobs movement and that between 1994 and 2003, General Motors gave Nature Conservancy more than $19million. It is also believed that for every 100lb reduction in car weight, the annual traffic fatalities increase by 2,000 a year.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 20, 2009
EcoMotors International, a Khosla-funded startup working to commercialize a diesel opoc (opposed-piston, opposed-cylinder) engine ( earlier post ), has named auto industry veteran Donald Runkle as its new CEO. EcoMotors was founded in 2008 by Prof.
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