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Lexus forced, again, to remove deceptively green ad in UK

Sep 26th 2008 12:03PM - 5 Comments

Click on the ad above to enlarge Lexus doesn't have a good history with the ads for its hybrid SUVs in Europe. Not too long ago, Toyota got into trouble for running the slogan "HIGH PERFORMANCE. LOW EMISSIONS. ZERO GUILT" in reference to its ...

Toyota gets hand slapped for false hybrid advertising in UK

Jun 7th 2007 5:32PM - 4 Comments

Seems like it was just last month that Toyota was in trouble in the UK for running with a misleading Lexus RX400h ad (oh, wait, it was last month). And guess what? The Prius is not immune to the Toyota false advertising charge, either. The problem, ...

Unseen benefit: Underwriters Laboratories working on standards for electric car batteries

Sep 20th 2009 3:03PM - 1 Comment

While no one will mandate that the new Underwriters Laboratories 2580 standard be applied to all advanced electric vehicle batteries, the fact that there will soon be a UL listing for "large batteries in electric vehicles" is a good thing. UL's ...

Lexus hybrid ad reported as misleading

May 24th 2007 9:11AM - 9 Comments

The Advertising Standards Authority in England is an ad industry run group that regulates and monitors advertising and marketing and addresses consumer complaints about ads. When a company runs false or misleading ads and they don't respond to ASA ...

Inflated-Eco: Renault to withdraw Twingo ad in U.K.

Mar 29th 2008 2:07PM - 0 Comments

Click on the image to enter our gallery Continuing their effort to be sure that all advertisements in the U.K. are "legal, decent, honest and truthful", the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has asked Renault to withdraw an ad for their Twingo ...

London-to-Edinburgh smart fortwo ad not misleading

Feb 9th 2009 3:56PM - 9 Comments

Click above for a high-res gallery of the smart fortwo Recently, Daimler hyped up the smart fortwo's high-mpg ability by claiming in a television ad that you can go from London to Edinburgh, a distance of over 400 miles, on one tank of petrol ...

Got oil? Oil industry looks to advertising to save its reputation

Nov 10th 2006 8:48AM - 1 Comment

Despite Big Oil's recent run of record profits, they're still very concerned with the diminishing state the industry's image. The Wall Street Journal ran this article (subscription required) which reports that the American Petroleum Institute (API) ...

New York Metro Transit Authority testing micro-turbine hybrid bus

Oct 15th 2007 1:41PM - 1 Comment

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/New_York_Metro_Transit_Authority_testing_micro_turbine_hybrid_bus'; In New York City the Metropolitan Transit Authority has started testing a new hybrid bus, but this one is different from existing models. ...

Political battles over passenger CAFE standards heating up

May 9th 2006 10:13AM - 2 Comments

Two weeks ago, President Bush and Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta asked Congress to give the President and the Department of Transportation more legal authority to raise the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) mileage standards on passenger ...

European Parliament votes for Euro-5

Dec 31st 2006 5:41PM - 0 Comments

The European Parliament has adopted a legislative report by the European Parliament Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety that we previously reported on. The report favours revising the current emission limits for motor vehicles ...

Hands on: Japan to get standard charging stations

Aug 14th 2009 4:10PM - 16 Comments

One of the things that can prevent widespread adoption of electric cars is not having a standard charging system. Just ask Betamax or HD DVD how the lack of a standard can hurt. European EV fans can breathe easy because the authorities have ...

Commentary from California on solving the "costly gas-price puzzle"

May 3rd 2006 7:33PM - 5 Comments

I’m not sure that the facts in this commentary from California’s Whittier Daily News are completely accurate (the author says that demand for hybrid cars is low and that people don’t really care what their cars run on, as long as ...

REPORT: Tata Nano passes European crash testing

Jul 15th 2009 7:57AM - 2 Comments

2009 Tato Nano - Click above for high-res image gallery The Tata Nano, the diminutive Indian four-door econobox rumored to eventually arrive in U.S. showrooms, has reportedly passed current European impact testing. According to Autocar, the ...

Gallery: Smart Fortwo by Koenigseder

Rio de Janeiro will increase biodiesel in buses from B2 to B5

Jun 7th 2007 12:17PM - 0 Comments

Rio de Janeiro state government announced a new environmental program that makes compulsory the use of B5 (5 percent biodiesel blended with regular diesel) for all buses in the state. The official goal is to have 18,300 buses running with B5 by the ...

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