41. Lotus to Reveal Hybrid Car at 77th Geneva Auto Show

With the hybrid technology, Proton Gen.2 tailpipe emissions are reduced by 22% from 172g/km to 134g/km, while fuel economy has improved by 28% from 39.2mpg to 50.2mpg.

07/03/2007 | 287 Hits | Print | Email

42. Lehman Brothers Forms Global Council Climate Change

Richard Fuld, chairman and chief executive, said: 'Prudent risk management dictates that this is an area where we cannot afford to be wrong.'

02/03/2007 | 339 Hits | Print | Email

43. London's Climate Change Plan Includes Hybrid Electric Buses

The 80-million-pound plan spelt out in a 232-page document also has proposals like replacement of the city's entire fleet of 8,000 buses by diesel-electric hybrid vehicles, large scale investment in developing renewable energy supply systems, wind farms in London and Thames estuary to generate electricity and a service to advise Londoners on making their homes more energy efficient.

02/03/2007 | 363 Hits | Print | Email

44. Lexus GS450h is No Eco-Star

Test drive of Lexus GS450h hybrid luxury sedan finds it isn't all that eco-friendly, but then that wasn't the point.

25/02/2007 | 284 Hits | Print | Email

45. Lithium Battery Maker Forges Ahead with Automotive Applications

LTC has powered a project in conjunction with Innosys Engineering in which a four passenger Daihatsu Cuore was converted into an electric car using the lithium-ion batteries and a three-phase asynchronous electric motor.

01/02/2007 | 394 Hits | Print | Email

46. Latest Climate Warning A Wake-up Call for Howard Gov't

The report was commissioned by 180 countries and suggests that the greenhouse gases emitted in the 21st century will continue to warm the world for the next 1,000 years.

28/01/2007 | 351 Hits | Print | Email