Posts Tagged ‘co2 levels’

Geneva ‘08 Preview: Fiat 500 Aria gets green

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
Click above to view more high-res images of the Fiat 500 Aria Concept At the upcoming Geneva auto show, Fiat will take the 500 minicar in two directions: red and green. The red we already know about: that's the 500 Abarth with a 135-hp 1.4-liter turbo four and beefed-up bodywork. But Fiat will also ......

Greenpeace vs. Porsche

Thursday, May 24th, 2007
Greenpeace staged a protest (what a surprise) outside Porsche's Zuffenhausen plant today, carrying on about how the company's vehicles are "Climate Pigs," complete with a pink Cayenne Turbo dressed up in pig ears and a porker's nose. (We wonder, did the Greenpeaceniks drive their Porcine Cayenne to ......

They want more: CA petitions to raise automaker fleet standard to 40 mpg

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
Depending on your viewpoint, California is trying to make the world better for people everywhere, or trying to kill all the joy of automobiles and perhaps the entire domestic auto industry. In 2004, California adopted a requirement declaring that automakers reduce their fleets' CO2 emissions from Se......

Turn off your AC: Nation’s power grid can handle 180 million EVs

Wednesday, November 1st, 2006
Although there is a lot of debate about what type of green technology will be the best for our environment and our economy into the future, plug-in hybrids appear to be growing in popularity. One of the concerns with this type of alternative energy vehicle is what will happen to our power grid when ......