Green Cars News

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Generally, any alternative energy form that can help reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and limit our reliance on fossil fuels is well-received. It predicts 35 per cent growth in the US; 30 per cent growth in Brazil; and substantial increases in areas including the Asia-Pacific region, France, Germany and Argentina.

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MAY 15, 2009

Leading European car rental company, Europcar is now providing information about the CO2 emitted by its vehicles on its rental invoices, making it easier for customers to monitor their environmental impact. Even before booking, customers can go online to assess the average Europcar fleet CO2 emissions for each rental car.

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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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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

Efforts to increase fuel economy and lower emissions show no signs of losing pace as the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a report revealing a fifth consecutive increase in new vehicle fuel efficiency with a corresponding decrease in average carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Hybrids are projected to have a 1.8

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Portuguese drivers are the greenest in Europe when it comes to buying cars with an average CO2 rate of 138g/km (eg. VW Polo) – the least green motorists are from Latvia with a figure of 177g/km (eg. EU regulation is striving to cut the CO2 emitted by cars to an average figure of 130 g/km by 2015. VW Passat).

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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. Now it will introduce a clean-diesel engine into the Japanese market in spring 2010.

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Green Cars News

MAY 26, 2009

The 2008 members managed to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 120,000 tonnes. Tags: Green cars Latest news co2 emissions freight transportation KNEG Logistics and Transport Fair vehicle emissions. “Now the results are starting to show, and they make a difference,&# he said.

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Green Cars News

MAY 26, 2009

This was then evaluated alongside national travel data by TRL to reveal that car club members have significantly lower levels of car ownership and car use than average members of the public. Highlights: A reduction in cars: Each car club vehicle replaced 23 cars on average.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Japanese car giant Toyota has released its 2009 sustainability report as it looks to reduce the impact it has on the environment. The report covering April 2008 – March 2009 shows that the company is achieving year-on-year reductions in CO2 emissions and step up its use of green energy. g/km to 145.3

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Green Cars News

JUNE 27, 2009

The German manufacturer claims it has been able to deliver significant improvements in its fleet carbon dioxide emissions over the last several years and according to its statistics, the average fuel consumption of all BMW and MINI vehicles registered in Germany in 2008 is 5.9l/km km (40mpg) with an average CO2 rating of 158g/km.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 10, 2010

A draft report of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2008 indicates that transportation emissions fell by 5.7 per cent with CO2 emissions in the transportation sector [.]. per cent – the largest annual fall since 1990.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 29, 2009

It wasn’t until early 2008 that mandatory blends were introduced – and this was quickly followed by a raise from two per cent to three per cent in July of the same year. It is expected that using biodiesel as a substitute to regular diesel should reduce CO2 emissions by 62million tons from 2008 to 2017.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 18, 2009

The Toyota Auris has quickly established itself as one of the Japanese manufacturer’s top vehicles having sold 318,236 units in Europe by the end of 2008. The power is increased by six per cent, while the combined fuel consumption drops by as much as 10 per cent to 38mpg with CO2 emissions cut to 146g/km. litre and 2.0

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 24, 2009

More than 2,600 Mercedes Benz Atego medium-duty trucks with the automatic start/stop system were sold in the first half of 2009 - that’s an increase of about 1,500 units or 130 per cent compared to the total for the whole of 2008. Indeed 2,000 of the vehicles were sold in Germany alone, an increase of 110 per cent compared to 2008.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 30, 2009

The disparity was highlighted to Boris Johnson by Stuart Kerr, Regional President for Europe from Volvo Car Corporation when he collected the What Car? Green Car of the Year award from The Mayor recently. Volvo’s What Car? Green Car of the Year-winning S40 1.6D to enter the capital.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 29, 2009

In fact, in the fiscal year from 2007-2008 more than 45,000 models were sold around the world. Now, Porsche is working on a Cayenne Hybrid which it hopes will lead its emergence in the high performance green car sector. The Cayenne S Hybrid will reach showrooms in 2010.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 19, 2009

An analysis by the Nikkei revealed that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from four Japanese steelmakers had slumped by 11.1 per cent in the last fiscal year from fiscal 1990 – while those from five major car markers were 39 per cent lower.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 9, 2010

New car emissions fell by their biggest margin yet last year, the latest report from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) reveals. Helped by the recession and the scrappage scheme, new car sold in the UK in 2009 emitted just 149.5g/km km of CO2, down 5.4 per cent on the 2008 figure and 21.2 [.].

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Green Cars News

APRIL 17, 2009

Biofuels could have doubled the carbon dioxide emissions of the fossil fuels they replace - equivalent to putting half a million extra cars on the road - since a new law adding them to UK fuel came in a year ago, new research published by Friends of the Earth shows. million tonnes of extra carbon dioxide emissions. per cent. .

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

It was the top-selling Chrysler group vehicle outside North America in 2008, and now a new version of the Dodge Caliber will make an eagerly anticipated debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Tags: Chrysler Green cars Latest news.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 10, 2009

per cent jump in car manufacturing and the first growth in new car registrations since April 2008.&#. The additional data also reveal that on average, new cars bought under the scheme have CO2 emissions that are 25 per cent lower than the cars scrapped. “The scheme has contributed to the 13.5

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Green Cars News

MAY 20, 2009

This was then evaluated alongside national travel data by TRL to reveal that car club members have significantly lower levels of car ownership and car use than average members of the public. A reduction in cars: Each car club vehicle replaced 23 cars on average. Highlights include: ?

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Green Cars News

JUNE 16, 2009

It was launched in 2008 and has already enjoyed 60,000 orders and is sold in 34 countries. Tags: Fiat Green cars Latest news Fiat MiTo Fiat MultiAir system. The models will also feature the Start&Stop system from Bosch with the first application in the MiTo. The MiTo model will be available with three different power levels.

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Green Cars News

JULY 21, 2009

Their outputs currently range from 89g/km of carbon dioxide (CO2) to 219g/km of CO2. DRIVe with start/stop technology (pictured below) emits a mere 104g/km of CO2 and was recently named as the What Car? Green Car of the Year. The cars with the lowest emissions – say below 100g/km – could be charge-free.

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Green Cars News

MAY 14, 2009

The incentive will apply to vehicles such as the Peugeot 207, Europe’s best selling low CO2 car in 2008. Tags: Chrysler Green cars Latest news Peugeot Volkswagen MG vehicle scrappage scheme. The scrappage scheme comes into effect on May 18.

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Green Cars News

MAY 7, 2009

The drop in sales continues a trend in depressed car sales, with 28.5 per cent reduction or 245,184 units less in new car registrations for the first four months of 2009, compared to the same period of 2008. per cent share compared with 42.7per cent in 2008, over the first four months of the year.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Toyota has long been one of the leading carmakers in the world of green cars. As the world’s largest passenger car producer, Toyota continues to lead the field in research and testing a number of new technology vehicles. What is it that makes Toyota, a leader in the field of green car technology?

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

As the fastest growing segment of the market globally, the mini-car segment represents almost 10 per cent of the total European passenger car market – up from 6.5 per cent in 2008 and less than five per cent in 2005. The smaller of the units can power the car from 0-62mph in 15.5 So what does the Spark have to offer?

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

per cent reductions to the average CO2 emissions for cars sold in Europe in 2008. A new European law setting binding targets for average CO2 emissions was agreed at the end of last year. New figures published by European NGO, Transport & Environment (T&E) show BMW and Mazda led the field with 10 per cent and 8.2

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Regular readers of The Green Piece Column will recall our article on the scrappage scheme back in June, where we put forward the idea that the scheme be tied to the greenest cars. According to a study by Clean Green Cars, vehicles traded under the scheme are almost never cars that would normally be traded in against a new car.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 22, 2009

Following the announcement of the financial incentive scheme for electric and hybrid cars the smart ed* looks set to go from strength to strength. The top selling electric car in 2008, the smart ed continues to outsell the competition so far in 2009. Economical to run: 85.6

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Green Cars News

APRIL 23, 2009

Up until now all company hybrids and alternative fuel vehicles have been taxed at 10 per cent of their value, however the reforms mean that all cars will be taxed according to CO2 emissions in a move to increase the incentive to select the greenest company cars.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 3, 2011

per cent fall compared to the 2008 level. It appears that the US is gradually winning its battle against greenhouse gas emissions after the US Energy Information Administration reported that there were 6,576million metric tons carbon dioxide equivalent in 2009 – that’s a 5.8

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 12, 2009

Although the final emission data for 2008 is not yet available, the committee estimates that the declining economic activity through the year is likely to have produced an emissions cut of around 2 per cent in 2008, and recession could reduce emissions by a total of 40-70 million tonnes.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

On the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC), start-stop systems reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by up to 5 per cent, whilst the saving is as much as 8 per cent on the NEDC urban cycle. Tags: Green credentials Bosch economy fuel stop-start technology.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

It delivers 49bhp of power and has fuel consumption at 118mpg while emitting just 48g/km of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the combined cycle. The Hybrid3 Evolution is a high powered version of the Hybrid3 Compressor that was originally unveiled at the 2008 Paris Motor Show.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Over the last decade, UK automotive manufacturing facilities have cut CO2 emissions per vehicle by nearly half (40.9 Looking at the environmental and economic progress of the UK motor industry over the last decade, the report shows that from 1999 to 2008, the sector increased its turnover by 19 per cent to £52.5 billion – 10.6

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