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Sainsbury’s Offers Free London Electric Car Charging

UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's is installing electric car charging systems at 11 of its London supermarkets. The retailer intends to give away charging services ...

BMW, Toyota, Ford Tout Eco-cars

More and more automakers are playing up their hybrid cars, and other environmental ...

Greening the Automotive Supply Chain

In the last decade there has been a significant increase in public awareness of the need to conserve energy, recycle waste, and make lifestyle ...

Ford, Azure Dynamics to Deliver All-Electric Van for U.S., Canada

Aimed at offering fleet owners the opportunity to eliminate the use of gasoline and lower their operating costs with a zero-emissions option, Ford Motor Company ...

Tesla’s Martin Eberhard Discusses Sustainability

Martin Eberhard, co-founder of Tesla Motors and founder of Rocket e-Books, discusses sustainability. You can see more of Eberhard's discussion here....

U.S. Auto Sector Lags in Sustainability Performance

North American automakers are at the bottom of the pack when compared to sustainability performance of global peers, according to the Queen's University Belfast, in Northern Ireland. The study, "Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing," looks ...

Old GM Plant to Make Fisker Hybrids

Fisker Automotive, which aims to make a plug-in hybrid sedan for around $40,000, has signed a letter of intent to purchase an idle General Motors plant ...

Sysco Exploring Natural Gas for its Trucks

Foodservice distribution giant Sysco Corp. is considering using natural gas to power its trucking fleet. For a truck that averages 50,000 miles traveled each year, ...

UPS Trying New Hydraulic Hybrid Trucks

Using trucks where the engine has no direct physical link to the wheels, UPS is testing a new hydraulic hybrid system for some of ...

The Hidden Cost of Electric Vehicles

Although electric vehicles show higher non-climate damages than many other technologies, they will not be significantly cleaner than cars powered by fossil fuels until they rely ...

Phoenix Gets Hybrid Taxi Fleet

Clean Air Cab, a Phoenix-based taxi company, has become the second taxi cab fleet in the nation to rely solely on hybrid cars. The first was EnviroCAB, in Washington, D.C., using a fleet of hybrid ...

Solar Ferry Gaining Users

A type of solar ferry already in use in Sydney, Australia, soon will ...

17 Million Natural Gas Vehicles Predicted by 2015

The number of natural gas vehicles on the road globally will grow to 17 million vehicles by 2015, up from 9.7 million in 2008, according ...

Half Of U.S. Driving Less, Taking Fewer In-town Trips

In what that may be a boon to e-commerce, and bad news for brick-and-mortar retailers, half of American drivers report driving less than usual ...

Audi Pumps $7.5M into Environmental Foundation, Pledges Emissions Cuts

Carmaker Audi AG is starting a new corporate environmental foundation to bring together all the company's worldwide environmental measures into measures that extend beyond the realm ...

Luxury Automakers Ponder Carbon Cuts, Hyundai Aims to Be ‘Green Leader’

Luxury automakers like Lamborghini, Ferrari, Bentley, and Aston Martin still lag behind the industry average for carbon-dioxide emissions just as standards tighten in Europe and the ...

Electric Vehicles – Getting The Plug-Ins Plugged In

It’s an exciting vision, really – a whole new generation of clean, energy-efficient plug-in electric vehicles capable of running for long periods from a ...

Hoval Urges Sales Force to Drive Prius

Hoval, a UK supplier of renewable energy heating products, is encouraging its 30-some regional sales engineers to drive the Toyota Prius. Hoval executives say ...

Bill Would Pave Way For Green Taxi Fleets

New legislation would allow cities to create local regulations mandating energy efficiency and emissions standards for taxi fleets. Previous efforts by cities, including New York City, to ...

Navistar Unveils All-Electric Commercial Truck

A new light-duty commercial truck suitable for urban deliveries and other work could help companies save fuel and prevent emissions. Navistar ...

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