Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

For the fifth consecutive year, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reporting an increase in new vehicle fuel efficiency with a corresponding decrease in average carbon dioxide emissions for new US cars and light duty trucks. Actual MY2009 values will likely be different than the preliminary MY2009 values reported.

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Fuel Economy 2004 Economy EPA 268

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Sustainable Value Margin—the ratio of Sustainable Value to sales—for each of the evaluated manufacturers. The report, which covers the period between 1999 and 2007, applies the Sustainable Value approach developed by Prof. Findings of the report include: Toyota and the BMW Group are industry leaders. Click to enlarge.

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Automobile Manufacturer Automobile BMW Manufacturer 278

Green Cars News

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Asian carmakers are still outperforming their Euorpean and American counterparts in environmental sustainability, a new report finds. Disappointingly, the report also found that leading manufacturers including Porsche, KIA and some Chinese manufacturers are still not producing sufficient sustainability performance data.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Some of the new and updated models, such as a battery-powered version of Geelys Panda hatchback, may hit the market as early as October, and in some cases they might carry price tags low enough for farmers and other rural residents with limited financial means. Great Wall Motor Co., in late 2010. GM plans to launch the Volt in China in 2011.

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