| Ford Scraps Plan to Bring All-New Fuel-Efficient Ka to U.S., Says It's Too Small 4 hours ago Despite a solid launch of the new Ka subcompact car in Europe earlier this year, Ford Motor Co. has reconsidered its plan to bring the subcompact to the U.S. and has decided that the car is too small for American tastes. In an interview with Automotive News (subscription required) published Monday, ... Green Car Advisor - blogs.edmunds.com/greencaradvisor · Rank: 3,758 ·  274 references |
| Sponsors of SAE Study Conclude HFO-1234yf Can Be Used As Low-GWP Global ... 5 hours ago by Mike Millikin A two-year Cooperative Research Program conducted through SAE International to investigate the safety and environmental performance of the low-global-warming-potential (GWP) refrigerant HFO-1234yf for mobile air conditioning (MAC) systems has finished its study. Based on these results, the sponsors ... Green Car Congress - greencarcongress.com · Rank: 1,312 · 716 references |
| The Hummer Trilogy: The Pink Bull in the Green China Shop 5 hours ago by rahwa.haile I’ll start off my first entry by briefly discussing the Hummer and how it’s one of the most illustrative examples of unsustainable design. The gas guzzling vehicle is an extreme manifestation of the US auto manufacturer’s broken business model of focusing on energy inefficient vehicles. The Hummer, ... Sustainability and The ... - sustainableuserexperience.blog.com |
| M&M’S® and MARS Going Green? New Solar Garden at Headquarters in New Jersey 8 hours ago by Zachary Shahan Candy giant MARS, parent company of M&M’S®, DOVE®, MILKY WAY®, SNICKERS®, 3 MUSKETEERS®, and TWIX®, turned on a huge new solar array (a “solar garden”) at its headquarters in New Jersey today. No matter what you think of candy food like this, it is good to see such a company going solar. Popular wit ... CleanTechnica - cleantechnica.com · Rank: 1,095 · 1317 references |
| The Way We Drive Now 9 hours ago by Geoffrey Styles My posting of October 29th examined two of the ways we risk under-counting the greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) from favored energy technologies such as biofuels and electric vehicles, with potentially serious consequences. Well, it turns out that the same joint proposal by the EPA and Department of ... Energy Outlook - energyoutlook.blogspot.com · Rank: 36,462 · 118 references |
| The Role Catalytic Converters Play in Automotive Emissions: a Serious Concern 9 hours ago by admin Catalytic converters have come a long way since the power-sapping pellet catalysts of the 1970s. The modern honeycomb styled catalytic converters allow comparatively free flow of exhaust through your car’s exhaust system, while at the same time cleaning up harmful pollutants emitted from your engine ... Everything Automotive Blog - everythingautomotiveblog.com |
| Mitsubishi iMiEV earns its chevrons – bring on the Citroën C-Zero 11 hours ago by Sam Abuelsamid Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Mitsubishi, PSA, Citroen Citroen C-Zero - click above for high res image gallery Last summer, French automaker PSA and Mitsubishi announced that the two companies would partner on electric vehicle development for the European market. Prior to the Frankfurt Motor Show, Peugeo ... Hybrid ABC - hybridabc.com |
| The power of forecasting 11 hours ago by Jacob Arfwedson by Jacob Arfwedson In the 1930s, Franklin Roosevelt asked his administration to undertake a vast exploratory study of future technologies. A group of researchers eventually produced a voluminous report with fascinating insights. There was only one little glitch: the document did not foresee televisi ... CFACT Europe - cfact.eu |
| Emissions From Deforestation Less than Commonly Accepted 12 hours ago by SustainableBusiness Scientists and non-governmental organizations at the United Nations climate negotiations last week said the commonly accepted figures for greenhouse gas emssions from tropical deforestation are too high. In light of a new analysis published earlier this week in Nature Geoscience, a group including e ... Features - featured.matternetwork.com · Rank: 49,406 · 63 references |
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