Going Lean and Green

Luxury automakers are going green. Names like Ferrari, Porsche, Aston Martin and Rolls Royce among others are all presenting greener – or at least smaller – cars in hopes of appealing to consumers demand for more ecologically friendly and cheaper automobiles. Is this the future of horsepower or just good old fashioned image building? Only [...]

Audi Super Bowl ad

T3 Motion, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: TMMM) received worldwide exposure for its iconic clean-energy T3 Series Electric Stand-up Vehicle (ESV) in last night’s Super Bowl XLIV broadcast. Four of the vehicles were featured in a 60-second commercial by Audi entitled “Green Police” promoting their diesel wagon, the A3 TDI® (Green Car Journal’s 2010 Green Car [...]

Thousands Test Drive Gas- and Emissions-Free Vehicles

Over the last two years a fleet of hydrogen fuel-cell powered vehicles have been test driven by everyday people. Participants in Project Driveway were given the opportunity to drive the gas-free, emissions-free Chevrolet Equinox wherever they wanted and recently reached the millionth mile mark. To celebrate the millionth mile, current and former drivers came together [...]

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McLaren Mercedes worldwide exclusive footage

McLaren Mercedes showcasing a cutting edge development in the aerodynamics of the rear wing used in the Monaco GP qualifying session. The break through in the rear wing has shaved off between 0.3 and 0.4 seconds a lap compared to the car which raced in Barcelona and you also hear exclusively from Martin Whitmarsh, the [...]

7th of May 2009 ‘The fastest, the furthest, and everything in between’

This film demonstrates how Shell pushes the boundaries of both performance and efficiency in an epic journey across Europe. It highlights Shell’s technical partnership with Ferrari, as well as its hosting of the annual Eco-Marathon, whose record holders covered over 3300 km on the equivalent of 1 litre of fuel. The Shell Eco-marathon challenges the [...]

2010 Toyota Prius

2008 Fuel Economy Comparison: Prius v Jetta v Focus v Smart

Edmunds.com published an article comparing Fuel economy three cars from our long-term fleet known for squeezing extra miles out of every gallon of gas: the spunky 2008 Smart Fortwo with a 1.0-liter, three-cylinder engine, the thrifty 2008 Ford Focus SES coupe with a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine and a 2005 Volkswagen Jetta TDI, with its legendary [...]