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SEAT starts installing solar panels on Martorell factory roof

Nov 13th 2009 6:52PM - 8 Comments

As we announced, SEAT is trying to maximize the possibilities of the sunny Mediterranean climate for its factory in Martorell, near Barcelona, Spain. SEAT's plan is ambitious, and could allow the plant to be able to function almost off the grid. ...

Me too: SEAT manufacturing plant also installing photovoltaic panels on roof

Jan 29th 2008 7:47AM - 1 Comment

SEAT (a brand that belongs to Volkswagen) has announced the installation of photovoltaic panels on the roof of its Martorell (near Barcelona) factory in Spain. The company expects this move will save up to 11,700 tons of CO2 from being released to ...

SEAT gets award for reducing road traffic, using more rail

Jul 17th 2008 5:02PM - 2 Comments

Typically automakers focus on trying to put customers behind the wheel of their products. SEAT, the Spanish branch of the Volkswagen Group has just received an award for reducing road traffic. Thanks to a new rail line from SEAT's Martorell plant to ...

Audi announces production of the Q3, looking for low-CO2 help

Apr 23rd 2009 11:02AM - 3 Comments

Audi's new subcompact crossover, the Q3, will be built in Seat's plant in Martorell, near Barcelona, in Spain. After a €100 million subsidy from Spanish institutions, the plant will be able to keep 1,200 jobs. Production will begin in 2011 with ...

Austrian hyper-miler gets 81.1 mpg in Seat Ibiza Ecomotive

May 4th 2009 9:31AM - 9 Comments

Once upon a time when drivers went driving across multiple countries, it was in pursuit of doing it in the least amount of time. These days, it seems to be just as often that drivers are still going for the least, but now it's about minimizing fuel ...

Austrian hyper-miler beats his own record when driving a Seat Ibiza Ecomotive to 100 mpg

Sep 30th 2009 11:48AM - 4 Comments

Last May, Austrian Gerhard Plattner took a Seat Ibiza Ecomotive and drove it from the factory where it was built, in Martorell (near Barcelona), Spain, and drove it a distance of 970.6 miles using just 2.9 liters of fuel per 100 km. This comes to ...

The new SEAT Altea Freetrack MPV-CUV

May 21st 2007 8:16PM - 0 Comments

SEAT (which belongs to the VW group) is launching a new model for the upcoming Barcelona Motor Show from 7 to 17 June. This model is a soft-offroader version of their Altea model, the sporty clone of the Volkswagen Golf Plus. In addition of generous ...

Seat Ibiza Ecomotive gets "most ecological vehicle award" in Germany

Aug 25th 2008 5:39PM - 6 Comments

The Verkehrs-Club Deutschland has declared the Seat Ibiza Ecomotive to be the most environmentally friendly car in Germany based on its CO2 emissions. The Ibiza actually shares the honor with its sibling, the Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion. The little ...

The new Ibiza: Official pictures and video

Apr 2nd 2008 6:26PM - 3 Comments

Say hello to the new version of the Seat Ibiza. The Spanish-made subcompact comes with a completely new platform and a complete set of powertrains with green credentials: all gasoline-powered versions produce less than 160 g/km CO2 while all diesels ...

Diesel powered SEAT Leon wins World Touring Car Championship

Nov 2nd 2008 8:39AM - 0 Comments

In 2008, the Volkswagen group expanded its diesel racing efforts beyond the already successful Audi R10 TDI into smaller bore classes. Here in North America, we had the VW Jetta TDI cup. Elsewhere, the Spanish branch of the Group, known as SEAT, ran ...

SEAT supports climate change meeting - and Al Gore

Oct 21st 2008 10:26AM - 0 Comments

click to enlarge Last week, Al Gore was being chauffeured around the Netherlands by Audi. This week, another company (or, more accurately, another part of the same company) is trying to tie itself to the former Vice President. SEAT used the ...

Geneva 2009: Seat Leon Ecomotive with 99 g/km of CO2 and 62 mpg U.S.

Mar 3rd 2009 10:58AM - 14 Comments

Click above for a high res gallery of the SEAT Leon Ecomotive Concept Amid all of the fanciful green concept cars debuting in Geneva like the Rinspeed iChange and the Magna Steyr Mila EV comes something a little more standard looking: the SEAT ...

Audi: Q5 Hybrid coming "in the near future," affordable EVs years away

May 17th 2009 2:12PM - 8 Comments

Audi held its annual meeting in Neckarsulm, Germany last week and, as typically happens at such events, the boss got up to say a few words. In this case, CEO and Chairman of the Management Board Rupert Stadler spoke and gave the usual run down on ...


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