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Vauxhall Offers Motorists Voucher for Free Fuel Efficiency Check

Vauxhall Offers Motorists Voucher for Free Fuel Efficiency Check

Visitors to Vauxhall's ecoFLEX Experience website, http://www.ecoflex-experience.com, have the opportunity to download a voucher entitling them to a free ecoFLEX Fuel Efficiency Check at participating Vauxhall MasterFit Retailers. ... Continue reading

Clean Cities DOE-funded Propane Autogas Vehicle Conversion Program Rolls Out First of 1,189 Emission-Cutting Cars

Clean Cities DOE-funded Propane Autogas Vehicle Conversion Program Rolls Out First of 1,189 Emission-Cutting Cars

Red Top Cab of Arlington, Va. deploys the first propane Autogas vehicle under the Southeast Propane Autogas Development Program July 29, 2010 – Harrisonburg, Va. – The first vehicle converted to propane Autogas under the Southeast Propane Autogas Development Program is on the road, with thirty more program ve ... Continue reading

Vauxhall/Opel Ecoflex Experience: Europe's Greenest Driver Found!

Vauxhall/Opel Ecoflex Experience: Europe's Greenest Driver Found!

Vauxhall and Opel's pan-European hunt for the Greenest Driver came to a close on Saturday July 23 with Portugal's Antonio Goncalves being crowned as the overall winner. Under the motto: "Green Driver: Wanted!" the company initiated a two-month long ecoFLEX Experience competition to drive home the point that eco-conscio ... Continue reading

Clean Engine Technologies Power Toyota Leadership On Co2 Emissions

Clean Engine Technologies Power Toyota Leadership On Co2 Emissions

Toyota maintains top spot in latest Clean Green Cars survey ... Continue reading

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Places Actifilter SG on the National Clean Diesel Campaign's Emerging Technology List

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Places Actifilter SG on the National Clean Diesel Campaign's Emerging Technology List

THORNHILL, Ontario and WIXOM, Mich., July 19 -- Engine Control Systems Limited (ECS), a Catalytic Solutions, Inc. company (AIM: CTS and CTSU), and NxtGen Emission Controls Inc. announced today that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has placed the Actifilter SG, an ECS diesel particulate filter (DPF) emissi ... Continue reading

BIO Calls on Congress to Maintain Support for Biofuels in Tax and Energy Legislation

BIO Calls on Congress to Maintain Support for Biofuels in Tax and Energy Legislation

WASHINGTON--If the advanced biofuel industry is to grow to meet national goals for reducing reliance on imported oil, then enduring federal commitment is vital to maintaining progress in research, development and investment in building infrastructure. The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today called on Congre ... Continue reading

ITT Makes World-Class Strides in Sustainability Efforts

ITT Makes World-Class Strides in Sustainability Efforts

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.--ITT Corporation today announced significant progress toward minimizing its global environmental footprint. By reducing its consumption of natural resources and generation of waste and emissions, ITT is advancing its long-held commitment to sustainability. “The recent metrics demonstrate that at ... Continue reading

EC Praises WH Support of Electrification

EC Praises WH Support of Electrification

Growing Consensus in Washington and Beyond Must Lead to Action WASHINGTON, July 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Electrification Coalition (EC) today praised the Obama administration's weeklong series of events at companies producing electric vehicles, components, and infrastructure, including the president's remarks ... Continue reading

Schwan's Trucking Fleet Gets a Makeover

Schwan's Trucking Fleet Gets a Makeover

MARSHALL, Minn.--Many Americans have come to know and recognize the big yellow Schwan’s truck, but few are aware that it’s actually green. Schwan’s Home Service, America’s largest direct-to-home food delivery business has the largest propane fleet in the U.S., ... Continue reading

Daimler receives further orders for natural gas and hybrid commercial vehicles in the U.S.

Daimler receives further orders for natural gas and hybrid commercial vehicles in the U.S.

High Point, N.C. July 14, 2010; Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) and Daimler Buses have once again received orders for low-emission vehicles. Thomas Built Buses, Daimler Trucks North America’s school bus manufacturer, has received an order for 130 compressed natural gas (CNG) school buses. That’s the bigge ... Continue reading

Samyang Optics Takes Delivery of First ZAP Jonway Electric SUV for Korea Taxi, Fleet Market

Samyang Optics Takes Delivery of First ZAP Jonway Electric SUV for Korea Taxi, Fleet Market

ZAP Electric Vehicles on Display at EV KOREA 2010 in Seoul - Taxi, Alias and Motorcycles SEOUL, South Korea, July 14 -- Electric vehicle pioneer ZAP (OTC:ZAAP) (BULLETIN BOARD: ZAAP) and Zhejiang Jonway Automobile Co. Ltd. delivered the first electric taxi produced through their China venture, ZAP Jonway, to Korean dis ... Continue reading

Ulupono Initiative Participates in ClearFuels Bridge Financing to Accelerate Hawaii Biofuel Market

Ulupono Initiative Participates in ClearFuels Bridge Financing to Accelerate Hawaii Biofuel Market

AIEA, Hawaii--ClearFuels Technology, Inc. (“ClearFuelsâ& ;aci rc;‚¬???) announced today that Ulupono Initiative has made an initial investment of both financial capital and management engagement in ClearFuels. Ulupono will support ClearFuels’ Bridge financing and partner with the ClearF ... Continue reading

Cyclone Power Technologies Completes Testing, Ships Initial Waste Heat Power Generator

Cyclone Power Technologies Completes Testing, Ships Initial Waste Heat Power Generator

POMPANO BEACH, Fla.--Cyclone Power Technologies (Pink Sheets: CYPW) has completed internal testing of its initial waste heat power generator and has shipped the beta unit to its customer, Bent Glass Design. “In addition to providing substantial savings to our bottom line, we believe that this system will help us c ... Continue reading

New Toyota Sienna Minivan Swaggers Into Top 5 on AutoTrader.com List of Most Viewed New Vehicles in June

New Toyota Sienna Minivan Swaggers Into Top 5 on AutoTrader.com List of Most Viewed New Vehicles in June

Lower Gas Prices Make Fuel Efficient Vehicles an Endangered Species on Top 20 New, Used and CPO Lists ATLANTA, July 12 -- The Toyota Sienna minivan rode a sleek new design and a clever marketing campaign featuring the nerdy-chic and sometimes-rapping "Sienna Family" to No. 5 on the list of the most-viewed new vehicles ... Continue reading

Leo Motors Begins Marketing 120kW EV Power Train

Leo Motors Begins Marketing 120kW EV Power Train

LAS VEGAS--Leo Motors Inc. (Pink Sheets: LEOM) announced today that it has developed and begun marketing of its 120kW power train, which is equivalent to a 5,000cc Internal Combustion Engine (ICE). Power trains of this size are used in the bigger passenger cars, middle-sized buses and trucks. Consisting of a proprietar ... Continue reading

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