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United Airlines’ cargo customers can now offset entire carbon footprint

Green Car Congress

'United Airlines has launched CarbonChoice, a new business tool enabling corporate cargo customers to track and offset the emissions associated with their air freight accounts. Cargo customers with large-scale, regular shipments on United can receive customized emissions reports with simple options to offset their company’s carbon footprint through the airline’s partner, Sustainable Travel International.

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Cadillac Vs Tesla, Electric Boats, Rolling Coal: The Week In Reverse (VIDEO)

Green Car Reports

'Do you know what it''s called when a diesel trucker deliberately covers an electric car in soot? And how did we get to spend a lovely July day on the waters of Lake George in upstate New York? This is the Week In Reverse for Friday, August 15, 2014, right here at Green Car Reports. Friday, we noted that GM executive Mark Reuss admitted that the.

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Mitsubishi Rayon acquires majority of carbon fiber reinforced plastics company Wethje; targeting auto industry

Green Car Congress

'Mitsubishi Rayon Co. (MRC) recently executed a share sales and purchase agreement by which it will acquire 51% of Wethje Holding GmbH , a German company engaged in manufacturing of carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) parts for automobile applications, from Wethje parent Cross Industries AG. MRC aims to strengthen and expand the carbon fiber intermediate materials business for automobile applications in Europe.

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Win a new Toyota Aygo

Green Cars News

'There is nothing that can quite match up to the feeling of discovering that the new car you just bought will be given to you for free instead (we imagine). That’s why we thought we would let you know about a new prize draw, Toyota is running this weekend, to win a new Aygo. Toyota Centres acro[.].

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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Renovo shows production prototype of Shelby-based electric supercar

Green Car Congress

'Renovo Coupe Click to enlarge. Renovo Motors , Inc. unveiled a production prototype of its Renovo Coupe electric supercar at the 2014 Pebble Beach Concourse d’Elegance. Using a factory-modified Shelby American CSX9000 rolling chassis (“Cobra Daytona Coupe”), Renovo’s eponymous coupe features twin mid-mounted sequential axial-flux motors producing more than 370 kW (500 hp) and 1,000 lb-ft (1,356 N·m) of torque, with a 0-60 mph time of less than 3.4 seconds.

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