1. G.M.’s Mr. Horsepower Has an Electric Conversion

Mr. Lutz, known by his 'Maximum Bob' nickname around Detroit, says he has a new dream car: the electric Chevy Volt.

21/05/2007 | 450 Hits | Print | Email

2. Green Has Gone from a Movement into a Market

In an ad that ran in Mother Jones Magazine online and in The New York Times, Bluewater criticizes Toyota for making two hybrid vehicles that, according to reports from The New York Times, don't get better fuel mileage than their non-hybrid versions.

21/05/2007 | 414 Hits | Print | Email

3. GM Says It Will Have Fuel Cell Vehicles in Showrooms By 2012

Burns said the major challenges in bringing fuel-cell vehicles to mass production include further development of lithium-ion batteries, lowering the cost of the technology and building infrastructure for fueling the vehicles.

17/05/2007 | 313 Hits | Print | Email

4. GM Strikes Deal to Sell Hybrid Buses to Seattle

The GM-New Flyer hybrid buses get significantly better fuel economy than traditional buses: an average of 4 miles to the gallon instead of 3 miles per gallon.

17/05/2007 | 387 Hits | Print | Email

5. GM Two-Mode Hybrid-Electric Drive Impresses

The centerpiece of GM's big-SUV-hybrid system is two electric motors housed inside the transmission; a 300-volt battery pack and some sophisticated software combine to supplement the energy from a 6.0-liter V-8 motor.

13/05/2007 | 452 Hits | Print | Email

6. GM Joins Business Coalition for Climate Action

USCAP member companies represent industries critical to slowing climate change, including car manufacturing, utilities, chemical production and manufacturing.

11/05/2007 | 356 Hits | Print | Email

7. GS Yuasa, Mitsubishi Form Electric Car Battery Venture

Initial production will be 200,000 cells a year for use in the i MiEV, a next-generation electric vehicle. MMC expects to sell 1,000 units in 2009. Pictured is Mitsubishi EZ MiEV concept car unveiled at 2006 Geneva Auto Show.

10/05/2007 | 479 Hits | Print | Email

8. Growing Evidence Links Rising Allergies, Asthma to Global Warming

In 2004, asthma affected more than 6 percent of the American population, up from a little over 3 percent in 1980, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

06/05/2007 | 405 Hits | Print | Email

9. GM Hybrid SUVs to Use Big Engine for More Power

The hybrid SUVs will be 25 per cent more fuel-efficient than standard versions.

03/05/2007 | 460 Hits | Print | Email

10. GM Adds SUV Hybrid to Compete with Toyota

The hybrid SUVs will be 25 percent more fuel-efficient than standard versions that have a 5.3-liter engine and will use cylinder deactivation and two-mode electric drive.

02/05/2007 | 380 Hits | Print | Email