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Click the MINI Cooper D for a high res galleryFor reasons such as imported oil dependency and environmental concerns, there are some people who think personal cars are evil and must be eliminated from our roads immediately. This sentiment is patently unrealistic, and there's no shortage of people, ...

As our readers know, Milan created a pollution tax system (called EcoPass) to stop highly-polluting cars from driving inside a section of the city center. One month after its introduction, la Reppublica has published a very encouraging article (in Italian) that details all the positive things the ...

Owning a polluting car has become expensive for drivers in Milan. With the new year, a new rule by Milan's City Council is charging cars a fee based on the EU's pollution levels. With this measure, the City Hall expects to drastically reduce the smog levels in the city center by almost a third ...

When the government taxes you, you know you got its attention.In what must be a mixed blessing to German supporters of alternative fuels, the German government has reached an agreement to impose a 9 eurocents (about 11.4 U.S. cents) tax per litre of biodiesel. A 15 eurocents (19.1 cents) per litre ...