Ford sets land speed record with Fuel Cell racecar

Ford Motor Company made history today by reaching 207.279 mph with the Ford Fusion Hydrogen 999, the world’s first production-based hydrogen fuel cell race car. The Ford Fusion Hydrogen 999 is Ford’s latest environmental innovation, another step on the road toward commercially viable hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. The car was designed and built by Ford […]

Hybrid Toyota Supra Wins Tokachi 24-Hour race

Toyota Team SARD’s specially-prepared Supra HV-R hybrid GT racer has won the Tokachi 24-hour endurance race in Japan. The converted Super GT-spec racing car did so convincingly, too. As the only GT-class car in the field, the Denso SARD Supra HV-R maintained a steady lead of several laps throughout the course of the race, and […]

Audi announces the “cleanest diesel in the world”

From mid-2008 Audi will be putting the cleanest diesel technology in the world into series production. The new TDI engines with their ultra-low emission system combine the spontaneous performance and superior pulling power of today’s TDI power units with outstanding fuel consumption figures and incomparably low emissions.

FCX Concept Makes its European Driving Debut

Honda’s next-generation FCX Concept fuel cell vehicle made its European driving debut at the Gotland Ring in Sweden. The vehicle is highly efficient, with an energy efficiency of around 60 percent; approximately three times that of a petrol-engine vehicle, twice that of a hybrid vehicle and 10 percent better than the current FCX.

Renault announces 2007 Megane E85 launch

Renault UK will launch its first bioethanol car into the UK market when the Mégane Hatch E85 goes on sale at the end of 2007. This will be Renault’s first bioethanol vehicle to be sold in the UK and is in line with eCO2, the company’s commitment to producing environmentally-friendly vehicles for the whole life […]

Ford Fusion Hydrogen 999 racer to attempt speed record

Ford Motor Company will take its 10 years of hydrogen research expertise to the Bonneville Salt Flats in August in an attempt to set the world land speed record in a hydrogen fuel cell powered Ford Fusion. The Ford Fusion Hydrogen 999 fuel cell car – a collaboratively engineered racer with Ballard, Roush and Ohio […]

Pole-position and goal reached for the bioethanol Volvo from HEICO SPORTIV

In front of 210.000 visitors the bioethanol powered Volvo S40 from HEICO SPORTIV reached the finishing line at 35th ADAC 24h-race Nürburgring.
Already in the time training session the drivers trio Patrick Brenndörfer (30, Darmstadt), Frank Eickholt (35, Bottrop) and Martin Mülller (38, Griesheim) convinced by their 10:09.136 minutes for a lap around the 25,378 kilometers […]

Honda Named “Greenest Automaker”

TORRANCE, Calif, U.S.A., April 3, 2007– Honda, the most fuel efficient car company in America1, has earned the title of America’s “2007 Greenest Automaker” from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) for the fourth consecutive time. The award is given by the UCS on a biennial basis to the company with the lowest overall production […]