Green Cars
THINK City makes its South American debut
Building on recent announcements about new markets entered in Europe and plans to start new operations in the USA and Asia, THINK, the Scandinavian electric vehicle maker, announces further international expansion today – with the delivery of its first vehicles into South America – part of a new collaboration with Brazilian electricity supplier, CPFL Energia S.A.
Cleaner cars from greener factories
Toyota’s UK manufacturing operations are European leaders in environmental performance, making them the ideal choice for building the new low-emissions Auris Hybrid.
Mitsubishi loan i-MiEVs to the state of California for evaluation
Mitsubishi has announced it will loan two of its zero-emission, new-generation, i-MiEV's to the State of California for evaluation in their test fleet.
Mahindra enters high growth electric car segment
Mahindra & Mahindra have strengthened its position in the electric vehicles domain with the acquisition of a majority stake in REVA Electric Car Co Ltd. Bangalore.
Emissions equality campaign success
Volvo Car UK welcomes The Mayor of London's consultation on the future of the Congestion Charge exemption for low CO2 emitting cars and hybrids.
Renault’s greenest ever production car launches in UK
While Renault continues to blaze a trail towards zero-emission motoring with the launch of its Z.E. (Zero Emission) range next year, the company is still working to reduce the environmental impact of its current range.
The 1,000-mile BMW
BMW’s cleanest and greenest 3 Series ever has just completed a record-breaking journey from the UK to Munich and back – on one tank of fuel.
Budding green drivers enter second phase of ecoFLEX shoot-out
Vauxhall has received an excellent response to its ecoFLEX Experience challenge to find the UK’s greenest driver, since the competition went live last month.
Toyota Auris Hybrid prices and equipment grades
Toyota again takes the lead in delivering advanced and efficient user-friendly low emissions technology with the launch of its new Auris Hybrid, the first full hybrid vehicle in the European C-segment.
Nissan LEAF European prices announced
Nissan have announced that the all-electric Nissan LEAF will be priced at under 30,000 Euros (25,641 Pounds) after incentives in most of its European launch markets – about the same as a comparably-equipped diesel or hybrid vehicle.
One-two three finish for Scirocco with Bio Natural Gas
With production-based and, at the same time, innovative technology mastered the world’s hardest circuit race: In front of 220,000 spectators Volkswagen clinched a one-two-three podium lockout in the class for cars with alternative power in the 24-hour race at the Nurburgring.
Average new-car CO2 falling faster than ever
Average European new car CO2 emissions are falling at a faster rate than ever before and are on course to meet 2015 EU targets, according to the world’s leading provider of automotive intelligence, JATO Dynamics.
Electric car maker THINK completes $40 million equity increase
THINK has completed a US$40 million equity increase to support further product development and planned expansion into North American markets. With the new equity, THINK is now fully funded and expects to become cash-flow positive in 2011.
Toyota and Britain lead Europe in hybrid vehicle production
The British car industry reaches a landmark this month with the start of production of the Auris Hybrid by Toyota Manufacturing UK (TMUK), the first mass-produced hybrid vehicle to be built in Europe.
Skoda Greenline Fabia and Roomster models
Following-on from the launch of the face-lifted Fabia and Roomster, Skoda Auto has unveiled the Fabia Estate GreenLine II and Roomster GreenLine II – the first of its second generation of environmentally-friendly GreenLine models.