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OCTOBER 13, 2009

The scrappage scheme has put the car industry on track to meet the EU target of 130g/km of CO2 by 2012. That’s the verdict of Clean Green Cars , which launched an investigation that found that average new car CO2 fell by 5.5 km and Audi, which has cut its emissions by 9.6 per cent to 158.2g/km.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Carmakers in Europe are on track to hit their 2015 and 2020 targets for average fleet CO2 emissions, a new report from the Transport & Environment (T&E) reveals. The new ‘How Clean are Europe’s Cars 2013’ report charts the fall in average emission levels of new cars sold in Europe last yea[.]. Green credentials'

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AUGUST 27, 2009

The funding is part of a $15million grant in Recovery Act funding awarded to the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency’s Clean Cities Coalition which we told you about earlier today. So how will the money be spent? Seattle also signed an agreement to be one of the first markets to introduce the Nissan LEAF back in April.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Here we offer our pick of the top 10 green cars at the IAA Frankfurt Motor Show: Ford Focus EcoNetic – With its start/stop engine technology, the Ford Focus EcoNetic promises to break the 100g/km carbon dioxide (CO2) threshold with emissions of just 99g/km. Lexus LF-Ch – Considered a rival to the BMW 120d and the Audi A3 2.0

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2011

Based on our current projections, the well-to-wheel emissions advantage of EVs over ICE-propelled vehicles, currently estimated at 40 to 60 percent, will fall to 30 to 50 percent in 2020 as advances in ICE technologies narrow the gap and power generation from clean non-fossil fuels continues to grow slowly in most regions.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 11, 2009

Toyota’s efforts at producing clean, green vehicles have expanded far beyond the Prius and the Camry, with the Verso just the latest of its models to clean up its act. D-CAT 150 clean diesel engine that includes a slick and intelligent six-speed automatic transmission.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 19, 2013

Toyota has cut 3,700 tonnes of CO2 emissions from the running of its Toyota and Lexus dealerships in 2012-equivalent to driving a typical car more than 13.8 million miles. That equates to a 15 per cent cut in the environmental cost of its centres in the UK in 2012 compared with the previous year. The [.].

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Green Cars News

JULY 11, 2011

Starting this month, Frence car maker, Citroen will boast a ten-strong sub-100g/km CO2 car line-up.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

European car makers are set to achieve mandatory EU targets for new car CO2 emissions years ahead of time according to a new report released this week. The report flies in the face of recent claims that car manufacturers were highly likely to miss mandatory targets set by the EU including a target to achieve [.].

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Green Cars News

JULY 3, 2009

They work by collecting carbon dioxide (CO2) on a sorbent, then cleaning and pressurising the gas and releasing it. Depending on the size, each tree could absorb as much as one ton of CO2 a day - enough to cover the output of around 20 cars.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 20, 2009

(CABN), the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions into gasoline and other fuels, discussed the company’s revolutionary biocatalytic process on Clean Skies Television during a recent newscast of “The Energy Report.&#. Tags: Latest news byron elton CO2 fuel.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 5, 2012

The latest T&E report reveals that European car manufacturers are in a better position than most of their Asian counterparts to meet the target for a 95g/km average CO2 emissions by 2020. European carmakers are winning the battle against emissions according to a new study from Transport and Environment (T&E).

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Mini and Fiat have been found to be the cleanest car manufacturers in a league table which provides the first comprehensive analysis of overall emission performance rather than just focusing on CO2 emissions. Tags: Fiat Green credentials MINI clean green cars NOx particulates performance.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Initial production of all model lines will see a capacity to produce a massive 300,000 vehicles, while creating more than 5,000 jobs, taking Alabama to the fore of green car production. By utilizing natural gas, HK Motors says it is tapping into an abundant, exceptionally clean, and surprisingly affordable resource.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 28, 2012

The E 300 BlueTEC diesel hybrid – which debuted at January’s Detroit Motor Show – will arrive in European showrooms as a saloon and estate with CO2 emissions of 109g/km, returning 67.3mpg. Mercedes-Benz will launch the most efficient and economical E-Class in the third quarter of 2012. A 15 kW electric motor, positioned between [.].

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APRIL 30, 2013

New car sales may still be enduring a grim decline in Europe, but the cars being bought are cleaner on average than three years ago. Data from the European Environment Agency (EEA) shows that the average car sold in the EU in 2012 was nine per cent more fuel efficient than in 2009 with CO2 [.]. Latest news'

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Green Cars News

MARCH 5, 2014

While deciding to take action against the UK for its failings on air pollution, caused mainly by the proliferation of diesel vehicles on our roads, the EU has also agreed to weaken CO2 legislation for the car industry in recent weeks. Green credentials The Green Piece Editor Pick' First the EU a[.].

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MAY 9, 2010

In an effort to encourage the development and uptake of green vehicles including heavy and light duty vehicles, two- and three-wheelers and quadricycles, the European Commission has released a new strategy.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 23, 2010

The European Union may have set a 130g/km fleet average carbon dioxide (CO2) emission target for 2012 – but two major car manufacturers have managed to hit the goal already. Congratulations are due to both Toyota and Fiat – the former now averaging 127.9g/km km for its fleet and the latter reaching 129.7g/km km according to reports.

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Green Cars News

MAY 7, 2009

By analysing carbon dioxide (CO2) data for this year’s new car sales in the UK, it found that Ford has made more improvements than any other car manufacturer in terms of reducing its CO2 output, which is directly linked to improving fuel economy.

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All Cars Electric

OCTOBER 16, 2009

Toyota is certainly known for it's clean running hybrid lineup of vehicles including the popular Prius and has been awarded for their efforts. According to the recent findings of Clean Green Cars, Toyota is now the cleanest automaker in the UK.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 20, 2010

Motorists in New Zealand are increasingly turning to the power of diesel to reduce CO2 emissions and boost fuel efficiency, the country's Motor Trade Association (MTA) reveals.

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Green Cars News

JULY 22, 2009

There are very great air pollution problems whose solutions in many cases help solve the fuel and CO2 problem. If the transport sector gets fixed, that has an enormous downward impact on both fuel and CO2”. Ouyang Minggao, Director of China’s State Key Laboratory of Automotive Safety and Energy, based within Tsinghua University.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 19, 2011

As the city of London looks to reduce its air pollution with a new ‘Clean Air Fund’ from the Department of Transport including measures for a ‘no-idling zone’ (see story), automotive technology firm, Bosch thinks that more could be achieved with the wider up-take if start/stop technology. According to the German firm, the use of [.].

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Green Cars News

JULY 26, 2009

In addition the company will introduce an advanced liquid injection LPG system for the Falcon beginning in 2010, with initial analysis indicating that the LPG technology can cut carbon dioxide (CO2) levels by around 12 per cent. Tags: Ford Green cars Latest news Ford Australia Ford Falcon Ford Territory.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 27, 2013

The four-cylinder SKYACTIV-G petrol engines and SKYACTIV-D clean diesel units, which appear in the CX-5 [below] and Mazda6, significantly improve fuel economy and CO2 emissions, compared to [.]. Mazda will increase production of its fuel efficient SKYACTIV engines by 25% in response to popular demand.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Mercedes has cleaned up its A-Class and B-Class models with the introduction of new Eco variants, for emissions as low as 92g/km CO2. The new A180 CDi ECO SE and B180 CDi ECO SE deliver better fuel economy, now at 78.5mpg and 74.3mpg respectively, as much as eight per cent more than the outgoing A[.]. Mercedes'

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 26, 2009

The production of tar sands oil -also know as oil sands- is a highly energy intensive process and emits on average three times more CO2 than conventional oil production. Tags: Green credentials Canada Co-operative green oil sands tar sand WWF. The industry’s response was that CCS would address this threat.

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Green Cars News

MAY 18, 2009

The second part will include innovative concepts for beneficial carbon dioxide (CO2) reuse such as algae production. These are the Ramgen modification which allows the testing of an existing advanced CO2 compression project that has the objective of reducing the time to commercialisation.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 22, 2009

Japanese car manufacturer Nissan continues to make progress on its Nissan Green Program 2010 mid-term environmental plan and has now announced an update in its status - along with the announcement of a clean-diesel engine for the Japanese market.

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Green Cars News

JULY 27, 2009

Financing up to €300million has been earmarked by the European Investment Bank (EIB) to Valeo for its current research projects aimed at cutting fuel consumption and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. It is also important to support the research, development and innovation projects with tailor-made financial products.

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JULY 2, 2009

Not only could fuel cell technology help to clean up the earth’s atmosphere, but it is providing a boost to the economy too. The fuel cells will be charged with hydrogen gas, which is then converted into electricity, water and carbon dioxide (CO2) via a chemical reaction.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 13, 2009

Another name that hasn’t grabbed quite the same headlines, but is yet another example of a green car push among supercar manufacturers is the Scorpion from Ronn Motors. So, in effect, this is a supercar capable of around 200mph and yet it has very clean emissions. The vehicle is said to produce hydrogen in real time.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Car Clubs can play a big part in helping London clean up its air, according to a new study.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 16, 2009

DME is considered an ultra clean burning diesel fuel replacement as it does not produce any particulate emissions and can be manufactured at a low cost from a number of resources, including stranded natural gas, coal and biomass.

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Green Cars News

MAY 26, 2009

They may do a good job at keeping our streets clean - but how clean are they themselves? This would enable a full well-to-wheels reduction in CO2 emissions of around 40 per cent compared to the diesel system. Tags: Green cars Hydrogen fuel Latest news Bucher CityCat H2 hydrogen street sweeper street sweeper.

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MAY 21, 2009

The standards, which will apply to model years 2012-2016, will require an average fuel economy standard of 35.5mpg in 2016 (39mpg for cars, 30mpg for trucks) - approximately 250 grams CO2/mile. Tags: Green cars Latest news Barack Obama Department of Transportation Environmental Protection Agency national fuel policy.

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