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Carlos Ghosn: EVs could account 10 percent of global sales in 2020

Renault-Nissan's CEO Carlos Ghosn is a firm believer in the future of electric cars. According to an interview for le Journal du Dimanche, Ghosn says he expects the world's EV market will rise to six million vehicles per year, which is 10 percent of global sales. Ghosn also explained that Renault-Nissan is the manufacturer that invests the most in green technologies and is currently investing €4 billion in EV development and research. This will lead the company, in his words, to become the world's leader in green technologies. Ghosn has ... Read more →

European Parliament takes the first step toward stricter CO2 limits Xavier Navarro

Photo of the European Parliament published under the GNU Documentation License A battle has been fought in the European Parliament to establish CO2 emission limits for new cars. The contenders were, ...

New CO2 limits for 2015 instead? Xavier Navarro

Photo of the European Parliament published under the GNU Documentation License Ok, I have to admit that this is becoming quite the complicated story. The basics are that the European Parliament ...

A Better Place-like project for the UK in Brown's agenda Xavier Navarro

The United Kingdom's PM Gordon Brown is meeting car manufacturers to try to persuade them to mass-produce electric cars. The carrot he's offering is selling them with payment plans that emulate cell ...

The EU ready to ban imports of certain biofuels Xavier Navarro

The EU might forbid imports of certain crops to produce biodiesel, namely palm oil and other imports from Latin America (soy). Lots of reports that have calculated how unsustainable most of these ...

Carlos Ghosn: EVs could account 10 percent of global sales in 2020 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Renault-Nissan's CEO Carlos Ghosn is a firm believer in the future of electric cars. According to an interview for le Journal du Dimanche, Ghosn says he expects the world's EV market will rise to six million vehicles per year, which is 10 percent of global sales. Ghosn also explained that ...

European Parliament takes the first step toward stricter CO2 limits 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Photo of the European Parliament published under the GNU Documentation License A battle has been fought in the European Parliament to establish CO2 emission limits for new cars. The contenders were, on one side, the members of the Industry and Energy Committee; on the other side, the Environmental ...

New CO2 limits for 2015 instead? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Photo of the European Parliament published under the GNU Documentation License Ok, I have to admit that this is becoming quite the complicated story. The basics are that the European Parliament intends to limit the average CO2 emission figures for auto manufacturers. The initial goal was to set the ...

A Better Place-like project for the UK in Brown's agenda 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The United Kingdom's PM Gordon Brown is meeting car manufacturers to try to persuade them to mass-produce electric cars. The carrot he's offering is selling them with payment plans that emulate cell phone contracts, à la "Better Place." This scheme, already been taken up by Israel and Denmark ...

The EU ready to ban imports of certain biofuels 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The EU might forbid imports of certain crops to produce biodiesel, namely palm oil and other imports from Latin America (soy). Lots of reports that have calculated how unsustainable most of these products are: because they destroy natural environments to create croplands, use fossil fuels in the ...


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