Green Cars News

MAY 14, 2009

Bentley now guarantees 85 % recyclability (or 95 % recoverability) of materials for all its current Continental models as well as providing environmental friendly recycling or recovery at the end of the car’s life. As a pioneer in the luxury market, Bentley is paving the way for a customer shift towards alternative fuels.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2010

The transmission is based on an innovative gear set design with four planetary gear sets and five shift elements designed to significantly reduce internal drag losses, while the modern torsional damper systems in the torque converter improve fuel economy and reduce CO2 emissions. Also, the higher gear ratio of 7.05

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Baua Electric

APRIL 12, 2024

European automakers including Volkswagen and Jaguar Land Rover had to pay $552 million in fines for missing CO2 emission targets in 2020, the first year new regulations were put in place, according to a new report. The CO2 target for 2020 was 95 grams per km on the old NEDC test cycle, or about 120 g/km on the new WLTP cycle.

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EV Central

MARCH 7, 2023

Just as Rolls-Royce, Bentley, BMW and Mercedes-Benz are working to phase out their V12 engines, Lamborghini has spent big bucks on a new engine. No doubt synthetic fuels or biofuels will eventually allow such engines to have the effect of running CO2 neutral. Yep, you read that right.

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Baua Electric

JULY 7, 2023

Bentley CEO Adrian Hallmark informed Britain’s Autocar book that proceed growing e-fuels is thrilling, however that it gained’t trade the logo’s plans to exchange interior combustion engines. For instance, generating e-fuel calls for a bundle of H2O, which is a scarce commodity in lots of portions of the sector.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 18, 2009

It found that the American sports car churns out 488g/km of carbon dioxide (CO2) - meaning 322 oak trees would be needed to absorb its emissions over the course of a year. This family-sized hybrid vehicle emits just 101g/km of CO2 - pointing out the huge discrepancy between the greenest and least green cars available in Britain.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 25, 2009

Indeed this year there will be plenty of exciting performance and luxury cars making their debut including the Bugatti Bordeaux, the Rolls-Royce Ghost and the Bentley Mulsanne. The 3008 Hybrid 4 has CO2 emission levels of just 99g/km and preludes the production version which is due to launch in the spring of 2011.

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EV Central

APRIL 25, 2025

Think BMWs M5 and XM, Bentleys Continental GT and Flying Spur, Aston Martin Valhalla, and Ferraris SF90. Announced at the Shanghai motor show this week, this 4.0-litre litre V8 turbocharged petrol engine with a PHEV backup will propel GWM into an exclusive prestige club. Few vehicles utilise a V8/PHEV combo, and theyre all top tier.

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