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Environmental and science groups gang up on Toyota over CAFE

It looks like Toyota's time as the automotive darling of the green movement may be at an end as they now become the new whipping boy over CAFE. A group of nine organizations have launched a new web site at TruthAboutToyota.com slamming the Japanese automaker for fighting the fuel economy proposal that was passed by the US Senate last spring. The group consists of organizations like the Union of Concerned Scientists, the NRDC, the US Public Interest Research Group and more. They are also running a full page ad in USA Today accusing the company ... Read more →

NRDC slams Toyota for Greenwashing and supporting Hill-Terry Sam Abuelsamid

For most of this decade, Toyota has been the darling of the environmentalists (if such a thing is possible for a car company) due primarily to the Prius and the addition of the company's hybrid system ...

New study from electric utilities touts PHEV benefits Sam Abuelsamid

The Electric Power Research Institute and the Natural Resources Defense Council have done a new study on plug-in hybrids and as you might expect they have found them to be a good thing. The study ...

Green Day, NRDC push clean, renewable energy Mike Magda

Alternative rock group Green Day has teamed with the Natural Resources Defense Council in a new campaign called "Move America Beyond Oil." The goal is to educate music lovers about clean, renewable ...

Out with the old diesel, in with the new Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel Derrick Y. Noh

For months you've been hearing us talk about the impending introduction of the new low-sulfur diesel fuel throughout the country on October 15, though, mostly in regards to ushering in Mercedes' ...

Environmental and science groups gang up on Toyota over CAFE 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

It looks like Toyota's time as the automotive darling of the green movement may be at an end as they now become the new whipping boy over CAFE. A group of nine organizations have launched a new web site at TruthAboutToyota.com slamming the Japanese automaker for fighting the fuel economy proposal ...

NRDC slams Toyota for Greenwashing and supporting Hill-Terry 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

For most of this decade, Toyota has been the darling of the environmentalists (if such a thing is possible for a car company) due primarily to the Prius and the addition of the company's hybrid system to their other models. That honeymoon seems to be rapidly coming to an end. Increasingly in recent ...

New study from electric utilities touts PHEV benefits 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Electric Power Research Institute and the Natural Resources Defense Council have done a new study on plug-in hybrids and as you might expect they have found them to be a good thing. The study looked at what happens to the environment when emissions are moved from individual vehicles to power ...

Green Day, NRDC push clean, renewable energy 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Alternative rock group Green Day has teamed with the Natural Resources Defense Council in a new campaign called "Move America Beyond Oil." The goal is to educate music lovers about clean, renewable energy and cut dependence on oil. The online hub for this effort is Greendaynrdc.com where visitors ...

Out with the old diesel, in with the new Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

For months you've been hearing us talk about the impending introduction of the new low-sulfur diesel fuel throughout the country on October 15, though, mostly in regards to ushering in Mercedes' BlueTec engine. Keep in mind that the new fuel will also have a major impact on the 8 million ...


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