Commitment to Sustainable Mobility

HERNDON, VA — Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. today launched responsiblemobility.com, a microsite focused on the company’s sustainable mobility strategy. The new microsite comes as the Group’s Audi and Volkswagen brands prepare to embark upon their 50-state clean diesel strategy, and as the Group continues work on next generation alternative energy innovations such as biofuels […]

Fiat - lowest CO2 automaker in Europe

Automotive research and analysis firm JATO does an annual assessment of vehicle carbon dioxide emissions in the European Market. For several years, Fiat and Peugeot/Citroen have been going back and forth as the leader. For 2007, JATO’s analysis based on sales put Fiat at the top of the heap among the ten biggest manufacturers that […]

UK Opens First Hydrogen Fuel Station

UK’s first hydrogen fuel station has opened at Birmingham University, despite a shortage of potential customers.
The station is the first of 12 outlets planned to open nationwide by 2010 and will serve a campus fleet of five fuel-cell cars. It’s the first part of the infrastructure needed to support the far-off prospect of hydrogen-powered cars […]

Chevrolet Volt Development

Engineers at GM’s battery test facilities have developed a new computer algorithm to accelerate durability testing of the advanced lithium-ion batteries needed to power the Chevrolet Volt for up to 40 miles (64 km) of electric-only driving. This advanced computer program duplicates real-life vehicle speed and cargo-carrying conditions, and compresses 10 years of comprehensive battery […]