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Toyota Prius tops customer survey

The Toyota Prius tops this year’s JD Power and Associates/What Car? 2008 UK Car Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) study. The Prius scored 901 points out of a possible 1000, with owners reporting particularly high satisfaction levels with the model’s quality and reliability. ‘The Prius already has iconic status because of its green credentials; now it’s demonstrating that [...]

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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 [...]

PlanetThoughts - Shout Out Competition

The folks over at PlanetThoughts are sponsoring Super-Cars Shout Out Competition as a way to recognize eco-conscious citizens fight against climate change by driving a high-mileage car. The concept is simple: 1. Find high mileage cars in your area. PT has a list of high-mileage cars (>40 mpg…) 2. Place the PlanetThoughts flyer on the windshield and take a picture [...]

Volvo ReCharge Will Base Research Plug-In Hybrids

Plug-in hybrid cars are being pointed out as the next step toward sustainable mobility and Volvo has already made a significant breakthrough with the Recharge, a C30-based vehicle that uses one electric engine in each wheel. This sort of technical arrangement will very likely be the one most cars in the future will use, since [...]

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Mercedes and AMG Planning Hybrid Performance?

Dutch car-spy site autogespot has been listening intently to Volker Mornhinweg from AMG at the Geneva Motor Show last week. Mr Mornhinweg has let slip that AMG is looking into developing a hybrid engine for the performance arm of Mercedes-Benz.

Next-Generation GM Hybrid System Announced in Geneva

As another key element in its overall global strategy to improve fuel economy and reduce oil consumption and CO2 emissions, General Motors Chairman Rick Wagoner announced today that GM will introduce a second-generation version of the GM Hybrid System with a new, more powerful lithium-ion battery. Hitachi Vehicle Energy Ltd., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Hitachi [...]

Green Cars - A Brighter and Cleaner Future

More and more cars are on the road every day, and it is estimated that more than a billion cars will be on the roads by the year 2020. With more and more cars hitting the roads each year, many people are beginning to look for greener options for their vehicles; in fact, governments are [...]