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Ferrari, Alpina lead supercar race to not-quite-as-high CO2 levels

CO2 emission numbers for cars from companies like Ferrari and Aston Martin are, to a Prius or clean diesel fan, pretty much a joke. Bentleys, for example, average over 400 grams of CO2 per kilometer. There are even some luxury vehicles that can put the supercars to shame, like the Mercedes-Benz S 500 Hybrid – with just 74 grams per km – shows. Still, if you start out ridiculously dirty, there's a lot of room to clean up. This cleaning process is what JATO recently measured in a study of supercar company CO2 emission reductions. ... Read more →

SURVEY SAYS: 88% of Americans believe hybrid leadership is crucial to U.S. - Do you? Chris Shunk

We Americans want hybrid leadership. We want to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Trouble is, most of us aren't willing to pay for it. Johnson Controls surveyed 2,309 adults on all matters ...

Nissan fined $4.4 million for faulty emissions diagnostic equipment Sebastian Blanco

The California Air Resources Board has decided that $4.4 million is the right amount that Nissan needs to pay for selling vehicles that have compliant tailpipe emissions monitoring equipment ...

California gas stations choose to close instead of buying vapor-reducing pumps Sebastian Blanco

. This April, a mandate from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) called the Enhanced Vapor Recovery Program (EVRP) will go into effect. The idea behind the program is to get next-generation ...

Blade Your Ride: cut emissions and save gas Shannon Arvizu

While much of the green car field is devoted to developing technology of new vehicles, what about the 800 million vehicles already on the road today? What if the technology existed to green your ...

Bush Administration to leave emissions regulations to next President 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Way back in April of last year, or own Sam Abuelsamid suggested that the Bush Administration would surely leave any EPA regulations on greenhouse gas emissions to the next President, whomever that may be. It seems that he was right in that assessment, as the EPA is expected to announce later today ...

California lawmaker wants to end emissions exemption for some old cars 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Since the 1970s California has required car owners to get their emissions tested periodically before they can renew their registrations. However, for obvious reasons, cars built before 1976 were exempted from the rules since they could not reasonably expected to meet newer standards. Now, though, ...

Study: zero emission vehicles could save $142 billion in health care costs 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A new study jointly conducted by the American Lung Association of California and TIAX LLC, a consulting firm specializing in transportation and alternative fuels research, suggests that up to $142 billion could be saved by the year 2030 in just the state of California if its fleet were converted to ...

China to ban cars from the Olympics, comply with international standards for car emissions 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

China will ban about half of its 3.3 million cars from the streets during the Beijing Olympics (August 8-24) in an attempt to cut air pollution. Necessary cars like emergency vehicles, buses and taxis will be allowed but only if they have an even or odd number license plate number that matches the ...

Lutz says new CAFE standards will increase car price by $6k 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Ten months ago, Bob Lutz said GM cars would be $5,000 more expensive if the Bush administration got its way with fuel standards by raising fuel economy 4% every year through 2017. Bush didn't get his way, but Congress did with its newly-signed-into-law energy bill that requires automakers have a ...

Johns Manville: 44 percent of Americans think that cars emit the most greenhouse gases - wrong! 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Many people are blissfully unaware of what it takes to make their everyday lives possible. Whether it be in how or what we drive, where or how we live; many facets of modern life have an environmental impact that the masses just don't know about. That's why the results of a survey conducted by Johns ...

Ocean CO2 levels could violate EPA guidelines by mid-century 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

In a report in the Geophysical Research Letters (GRL), a team of scientists says that carbon-dioxide induced "changes in ocean chemistry within the ranges predicted for the next decades and centuries present significant risks to marine biota" and that "adverse impacts on food webs and key ...

Stupid hybrid perk: no emissions test 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Hybrids have lots of perks. Many states allow hybrids to use the HOV lane when a single person is driving, park at parking meters without paying and not get ticketed, etc. I support state and local government trying to encourage the use of clean cars. Except the state of Virgina which has a very ...

Saleen found to be selling non-compliant cars in California, is fined 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

What do Steve Saleen and Jesse James, of West Coast Choppers fame have in common? Both of the men have now been fined in California for selling vehicles which did not meet or were not certified for California's emissions requirements. In the case of Saleen, those vehicles started off as Ford ...

The Ohio State University studies the impact on our air from light trucks, SUVs and minivans 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We often write about the problems associated with the huge numbers of light trucks, SUV's and minivans here in America. It's true: The highest volume of vehicles sold are trucks like the Ford F-150, Chevy Silverado, Dodge Ram, Nissan Titan and now the new Toyota Tundra. Minivans are still pretty ...

Arvin California, an agricultural town, is home to the nation's worst air pollution 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The question of whether or not people should be forced into driving smaller cars with engines that emit less pollutants is one that is likely to be debated for quite some time. Many believe that it is their "right" to drive whatever kind of car they want as long as they are willing to pay for it, ...

CEO discusses Honda's green future 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Honda has big plans for the future. In addition to their already admirable goals of CO2 reductions, they called out from the rooftops earlier this month that they are going to be building next-generation clean diesel engines that will meet the Tier 2 BIN 5 NOx emissions standards here in the ...

Energy Star Awards given to two ethanol plants 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

One of the anti-ethanol arguments running around is that it takes as much energy to produce ethanol as it does gasoline. Thanks to Macon Municipal Utilities and Adkins Energy LLC, another step towards proving that wrong has been made. With the installation of Combined Heat and Power generation ...

New, cleaner cars have saved five million ton of CO2 over the last decade 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/Cleaner_cars_have_saved_5_tons_of_CO2_over_the_last_decade'; It's not all bad, after all. Yes, global warming is getting noticeably worse (dunno if it's related, but I've been caught twice in the last two days with my windows and sunroof open when random ...

Lightning Motors and their lithium powered electric superbike 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We have brought up the idea of saving money on gas by riding a motorcycle or scooter a few times now, and invariably, we get comments which state that motorcycles are worse for the environment than cars. Is that true? Not necessarily. Exhaust emissions are calculated in parts per million, and more ...

GM, Chrysler and The Auto Alliance create websites to sway consumers to contact Congress 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

www.drivecongress.com www.drivingamericasfuture.com www.grabdemocracybythehorns.com (password protected at this time) digg_url = 'http://digg.com/politics/Auto_Companies_Create_Fake_Grassroots_Campaigns_Against_Fuel_Standards'; What do all of the above internet sites all have in ...

Got Urea? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Got Urea? That is the question that the EPA wants asked by truck operators beginning in 2010 when the latest diesel truck emissions rules go into effect. Further, they want the truck engine OEMs to assure that Urea – an organic commercial chemical compound of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and ...

Drive-by emisissions monitors being set up in south east Michigan 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG) announced that they are going to be setting up drive by emissions test monitors over the next month. The monitors will be situated on highway ramps to measure the emissions of passing vehicles. Like red-light monitors, they will be equipped ...

Watch the cloud of black smog fill the ... balloon? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

This is a pretty compelling picture as far as I am concerned. According to this site, which is where I got the information I'm relaying to you from, says that this balloon, which is attached to the tailpipe of a car in China, is filled with the exhaust from one day's worth of driving. That does not ...

Ford European Executive Vice President talks global warming 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Lewis Booth, Executive Vice President of Ford of Europe and Premier Automotive Group, gave a speech at the New Powertrain Technologies Conference in Amsterdam on March 28th covering many aspects of carbon emissions, global warming, environmental policy and the automotive industry's part to play in ...

Care to try making your car a "Homemade Hybrid" with the ten second rule? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Kristin, a contributor to Celsias.com has done a bit of research online, as well as some real-world testing to come up with what she is calling the "Homemade Hybrid" ten second rule. The idea is to shut your car off and restart it manually whenever you stop for a stop light where you expect to be ...

Ocean shipping generating as much CO2 as aviation 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

While emissions from aircraft have received quite a bit of attention recently, particularly because much of it is at high altitude, there have been several recent studies of shipping emissions as well. Those studies by the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the German Aerospace Center DLR and by ...

Geneva Motor Show: Hyundai's recyclable QarmaQ plastic concept 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for a gallery of high-res images of Hyundai's recyclable QarmaQ concept. Click here to see Autoblog's much larger gallery. We reported on Hyundai's recyclable QarmaQ concept back in mid-February. Now that the Geneva Motor Show is under way, Hyundai have released full details of ...

Transport holds EU back from meeting Kyoto climate change targets 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

A new European Environment Agency (EEA) report has been published that identifies transport as a major stumbling block for the European Union in trying to reach its Kyoto climate change targets. The report, 'Transport and Environment: on the way to a new common transport policy', calls for policy ...

Fluorescents to replace incandescents Down Under 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Australian federal Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced plans for a national switch from incandescent bulbs to more efficient technology such as compact fluorescent bulbs in a bid to save enormous amounts of electricity. Inefficient standard light bulbs use approximately five times as ...

Premier Gordon Campbell announces plan to cut British Columbia's emissions 33% by 2020 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

In the U.S., California has led the way with stricter emissions laws than in the rest of the country. The laws that are adopted in California have been adopted in certain other states as well. Now it seems that British Columbia, Canada, will be adopting similar but even slightly tougher emissions ...

Audi offers economical new A3 and A4 models 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for a gallery of high-res images of the Audi A3. Audi is extending its A3 and A4 ranges in Europe with four new fuel-efficient models: the A3, A3 Sportback 1.9 TDI e, the A4 2.0 TFSI e saloon and A4 2.0 TFSI e Avant. Drawing upon Audi's advanced direct injection technology, these ...

AGB POLL: Best way to spend the DOE's money 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The U.S. Department of Energy has been handing out quite a few grants for alternative energy research recently (see links below). But if you had your hands on the purse strings, where would you send the funds? Vote now. What is the best way to spend the DOE's money ...

European Commission's Green plan for cars stalls 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Less than two weeks after being proposed, the European Commission's plan to force Europe's car industry to reduce new car carbon dioxide emissions to 120 grams per kilometre / 2.6 ounces per mile, has been shelved by European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. Meant to be part of a wider ...

General Motors Medium Duty Trucks reduce diesel emissions 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

General Motors has announced its Medium Duty Truck lineup for the 2007i (the i stands for interim) and 2008 model years feature increased performance, increased driver comfort and reduced diesel emissions. Included are an all-new Chevrolet and GMC W-Series, as well as revised diesel engines and ...

Free parking at BP, but only if you're driving green 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

In a move similar to London's push to charge for parking on a sliding scale related to vehicle emissions, employees at BP's Alternative Energy facility in Houston receive free parking if they drive the very greenest vehicles. BP pays for its employees parking based on their vehicle's emission ...

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