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Mazda2 from Mazda - a lighter car with more fuel efficiency
Japanese automaker Mazda has created a new process that cuts the use of petroleum-based resin by 20 to 30 percent and reduces the overall weight of each part. These weight-saving measures make the new Mazda2 a trendsetter for fuel efficiency and low CO2 emissions. It delivers some of the B-segment's lowest fuel consumption (the standard power 1.3-litre petrol uses just 5.4 litres per 100 km combined) while producing just 129 g/km of CO2. - Read More
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Mazda Working on Eco-friendly Tech for its Cars
Mazda is working hard on eco-friendly tech, such as stop/start. The automaker claims that its implementation of the technology can start the engine is half as much time as its competitors and reduces fuel consumption by nine percent - Read More
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Powerful electric truck
The Nautilus E30 from Balqon - a powerful electric truck. The E30 retails for $208,500 and should, over 10 years, save about $400,000 in fuel while not emitting diesel smoke - Read More
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BMW follows Mercedes in Announcing Hybrid Sedav
Following on the recent announcement by Mercedes-Benz of its mild hybrid sedan with lithium-ion batteries, BMW announced its own mild hybrid sedan with lithium ion batteries. - Read More
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CO2 E-Race Coming to Denmark
Coming soon (well, in a year) to a country near you is a new eco-aware speed event called the CO2 E - Race ( http://co2erace.org/ ). The idea behind the CO2 E - Race is that all of the vehicles involved must be carbon neutral. - Read More
GridPoint buys V2Green to charge electric cars
Smart-grid outfit GridPoint, flush with an additional $120 million in equity funding, said it has acquired V2Green, a start-up with software to charge electric cars en masse. The company makes software for utilities to better integrate distributed generation units, such as solar panels, and home devices, such as Internet-connected thermostats, into the power grid. It also makes a home energy storage unit and software for consumers to track their energy usage - Read More
Car runs on energy from solar panels
In the Indian city of Guwahati, a man has developed a new hybrid car he's calling the Kanso. The 100-cc, two-seat Kanso runs on energy from four solar panels and petrol. The Assam Tribune has a nice article on Kanak Gogoi and his Kanso, but they're not the only ones showing an interest in the vehicle. They write that Centre Bits and Atom, a US-based group, has given Gogoi some financial assistance to set up "a new digital lab for developing his new innovations." - Read More
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Volvo 7700 Hybrid for a clean green city drive
Volvo is keen to bump up your green efforts by presenting a hybrid passenger city bus. The Volvo 7700 Hybrid is the first commercially available hybrid bus that promises to reduce fuel consumption by 30%. - Read More