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REPORT: Toyota develops its own flower species for cleaner air at Prius plant

Automakers make cars and trucks, no surprises there. Some even make other interesting things, like Honda, which also builds motorcycles, jets, robots and solar cells. But up until now, we haven't been able to think of any car companies that develop their own species of flowers. Thankfully, Toyota has reportedly stepped in to correct that oversight by creating two derivatives of the cherry sage and gardenia at its factory in Toyota City, Japan. This is the plant where the Japanese automaker assembles the Prius hybrid, which seems fitting ... Read more →

Audi launches Facebook causes page to benefit Nature Conservancy Sam Abuelsamid

In conjunction with the launch of its diesel engines in the U.S., Audi has created a Facebook Causes page to benefit the Nature Conservancy. For every person that joins the cause, Audi has committed ...

Hyundai Genesis sales pay for forest preservation and restoration projects Sam Abuelsamid

Last fall, Hyundai announced that for every Genesis sedan sold during the 2009 model year it would make carbon offset grants equivalent to the CO2 emissions of those cars. Six months into the ...

Two BMW riders plan a carbon-neutral motorcycle adventure Jeremy Korzeniewski

Swiss citizens Mark Dembitz and Clarisse Von Wunschheim are planning to ride their BMW F 650 GS motorcycles from Beijing to Istanbul to drum up awareness of global climate change. Along the way, the ...

smart USA celebrating its first year by planting trees Sam Abuelsamid

Smart officially began selling the tiny fortwo in the U.S. market in January 2008 and by the end of that year 24,622 examples had been sold. To celebrate, the U.S. distributor is teaming up with ...

Fox's 24 to go carbon neutral 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

We haven't ever seen any specific statistics outlining the carbon emissions from car crash and car chase sequences filmed for movies or television, but it can't be good. In our current environmentally-aware global climate, movie and television studios must realize that their actions will be ...

Eric Bana offsets carbon emissions of new film, "Love the Beast" 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Regardless of your view on global climate change, you must admit that the issue of carbon emissions has become a hot topic over these last few years, and automobiles have taken the brunt of the criticism. Celebrities often seem to be leading the low-emissions charge, or they at least like to appear ...

Thanks, team! AutoblogGreen takes fifth in EcoDriving challenge 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Need a quick little something to do during your lunch break? The EcoDriving game from the Auto Alliance has been up since September and AutoblogGreen readers have managed to - as a team - come in fifth place in the overall rankings. To mark our/your ecodriving skills, the Auto Allliance has paid to ...

Hyundai to offset CO2 emissions of 2009 Genesis sedans 12 months ago on Autoblog Green

Hyundai took a big step upmarket in 2008 with the launch of its new Genesis luxury sedan. For now, the Genesis is only available with a choice of V6 or V8 engines but in keeping with Hyundai's new Blue Drive strategy, the company has decided to do something about the Genesis emissions. Hyundai has ...

Corvette drivers can care for the environment, too, you know, even accidentally 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Who says Corvettes drivers don't care about the environment? There seems to be a slight clustering of Corvette-related news on ABG recently - from the Z06 winning the MPG Marathon to the Corvette C6R winning the first ever GT class of the ALMS Green Challenge - and today we bring you a report from ...

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