Suzuki Alto Achieves 2.0L / 100km in City Driving
Oct 30, 2009
Suzuki's small car champion the Alto has smashed all records to achieve a stunning 2.0L / 100km fuel economy figure in the final day of the Global Green Challenge. ... Continue reading
Fiesta ECOnetic Achieves Sub-3.0L/100km Fuel Economy!!
Oct 29, 2009
Ford's Fiesta ECOnetic has officially cracked the sub-3.0L/100km fuel economy barrier, achieving a Day Four fuel economy figure of only 2.9L/100km during the Alice Springs to Cooper Pedy leg of the Global Green Challenge. ... Continue reading
Volkswagen Presents World's Most ECO-Friendly One-Make Cup
Oct 28, 2009
Following the successful debut of the compressed natural gas-powered Scirocco GT24-CNG at the Nürburgring 24-hour race, Volkswagen is launching a one-make Bio-CNG-powered race series in 2010. With a CO2 reduction of 80 per cent being achieved in combination with Bio-CNG, the Scirocco Cup will demonstrate that major in ... Continue reading
U.S. Auto Energy Policy Needs Bold; President Obama Gives Us Same Old
Oct 27, 2009
No New Gasoline Powered Cars in The U.S. By 2014 â Can it be done? More: No Balls Obama, our fearless new leader, the guy who said Yes We Can apparently just canât when it comes to our antiquated and destructive energy policy! Yes I am angry, upset and feel betrayed. When Mr. Obama was campaigning for our vot ... Continue reading
New Mazda CX-7 'Sports Crossover' Hits Showrooms in Australia
Oct 27, 2009
The New Mazda CX-7 'Sports Crossover' will be available in showrooms in the UK from 1 November. This exciting new Mazda is a single, highly specified model, priced at £25,785 on-the-road in a choice of five colours. Featuring a new turbo-charged 2.2-litre diesel engine which generates 173ps and 400Nm of torque, this n ... Continue reading
Australian-Bound Peugeot 3008 Wins Prestigious European Award
Oct 26, 2009
The 24th Auto Europa 2010 has just been awarded in Florence to the new Peugeot 3008. ... Continue reading
Cars That Drive Themselves Can Become a Reality Within Ten Years
Oct 22, 2009
A new EU project named SARTRE is being launched to develop and test technology for vehicles that can drive themselves in long road trains on motorways. This technology has the potential to improve traffic flow and journey times, offer greater comfort to drivers, reduce accidents, and improve fuel consumption and hence ... Continue reading
Next-generation Kia Sorento diesel takes on the Eco Challenge
Oct 21, 2009
The next-generation Kia Sorento with all-new R-series common rail turbo diesel engine will be taking on some fuel-sipping competitors this weekend when the 2009 Global Green Challenge kicks off in Darwin ... Continue reading
Mitsubishi Information in the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show
Oct 21, 2009
On June 5 2009, World Environment Day, Mitsubishi Motors unveiled the i-MiEV zero CO2 emission 1 new-generation electric vehicle, and started delivering the vehicle to customers in July 2009 ... Continue reading
BMW Engineers Trial Hot New Technologies
Oct 20, 2009
For years, engineers have avoided heat in cars to protect components from overheating. ... Continue reading
New Audi A3 Automatics Pioneer Start-Stop
Oct 19, 2009
Audi, Audi A3, Automatic versions ... Continue reading
The Peugeot Partner Tepee Just Got Greener
Oct 19, 2009
Peugeot's class leading family compact MPV the Partner Tepee is now available with a new Euro 5 petrol engine making it more fuel efficient and "greener". ... Continue reading
Toyota Named "Greenest" Manufacturer
Oct 16, 2009
Toyota has been hailed as the "greenest" manufacturer in the auto industry's drive to bring down average CO2 emissions. According to research by cleangreencars.co.uk, Toyota is the first car maker in the UK to dip below the 130g/km level for mean carbon emissions across its model range. ... Continue reading
World's First Emission-Free Foundry
Oct 16, 2009
From 2010, BMWs Landshut plant will boast the worlds first foundry with emission-free sand core production. The light-alloy foundry at the BMW plant is introducing a new sand core production method for gravity die-casting, whereby conventional organic binders will be replaced by highly eco-friendly inorganic binder ... Continue reading
New Ford Mondeo Titanium Available With Econetic Technologies
Oct 16, 2009
Ford is introducing a new high series addition to its Mondeo line-up powered by ECOnetic technologies - the Mondeo Titanium 2.0 115PS TDCi with 139g/km CO2 emissions. ... Continue reading
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