Posts Tagged ‘GlobalWarming’
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
The big news from Bentley in Geneva wasn't really about today -- but stay tuned for 2012. Bentley plans to have its wheel-to-well measure of CO2 emissions down to less than 120g/km, from 400 g/km now. How? By lightening the cars, by engineering better transmissions, and through powerplants able to t......
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Did you hear the one where Bob Lutz calls global warming a "total crock of shi*t"? Yeah, he did say what you just thought he said, though the most Maximum of Bobs added that he's just skeptical and doesn't deny the theory completely. He's interested in green transportation technology, but for differ......
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
It's the mayor of London in one corner and Porsche, the maker of thoroughbred sports cars, in the other.
In the green trunks, Mayor Ken Livingstone has decreed that a $50 daily tax shall be levied against all gas-guzzling, emission-spewing vehicles that drive through his city beginning in October. ......
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Cigarettes, alcohol and fireworks all carry warning labels because of their potential danger to your health. The European Parliament has now suggested cars should carry similar warnings, not for your health, but the planet's.Under the proposal, carmakers would have to set aside 20% of an ad's space ......
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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 ......
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Saturday, August 5th, 2006
Long at the front of environmental efforts, and often ridiculed because of it, California filed a groundbreaking lawsuit against six major automakers today. The allegation is that these automakers have caused millions of dollars worth of spending by the state due to increased greenhouse gases result......
Tags: air resources board, attorney general bill lockyer, autobloggreen, california, california air resources, california air resources board, california requirements, chrysler motors corp, environmental efforts, environmental trends, ford motor co, general motors corp, global warming, GlobalWarming, greenhouse gases, GreenhouseGases, honda motor, honda motor co, lawsuit, nissan motor, nissan motor co, nissan motor co ltd, state attorney general, state attorney general bill lockyer, toyota motor corp, vehicle emissions
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