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Toyota announces aggressive environmental targets through 2050; cutting new vehicle CO2 by 90% compared to 2010

Green Car Congress

Promoting the downsizing and improvement of power control units in hybrids and PHVs, etc.; On the manufacturing side, Toyota is targeting cutting production process-related CO 2 emissions per vehicle from new plants and new production lines to roughly half of 2001 levels by 2020, and roughly a third by 2030.

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Jaguar to build C-X75 hybrid supercar with Williams F1

Green Car Congress

The road-going supercar will use a downsized, highly-boosted gasoline engine with one electric motor at each axle. Newsome was at Jaguar Land Rover as Group Chief Engineer for Advanced Product Creation and Research between 2001 and 2007.

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Will lighter cars backfire on industry?

Green Cars News

There are also fears that the Obama fuel efficiency plan may contribute to a significant increase in highway deaths as the vehicles required to meet the new CAFE standard will become lighter in weight.

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The Greenius Goes Into Overdrive

Creative Greenius

That’s right my friends, while others are cutting back, downsizing, slowing down and pulling back, your Creative Greenius is not only Ready to Go, I’m already going, baby, and I’m moving at Obama speed. The EPN has been around since 2001 and to be honest, I should have gotten involved with them a long time ago.

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