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Daimler Touts Green Commercial Vehicles

Daimler kicked off its Shaping Future Transportation initiative by exhibiting 16 trucks and buses featuring alternative drive systems and fuels from Freightliner, Mitsubishi Fuso, Mercedes-Benz, Orion and Thomas Built Buses at the Mercedes-Benz Museum...

Published 11-14-2007 3:07 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Europe, Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Research & Technology, Automotive, Manufacturing, Hybrid Technology
CAFE’s 2020 Target “Tough But Attainable”

A new analysis by Citi and the Ceres' Investor Network on Climate Risk, "CAFE and the U.S. Auto Industry: A Growing Auto Investor Issue, 2012-2020" (PDF), finds that the Senate proposal to raise fuel economy standards for U.S. cars and trucks...

Published 11-01-2007 10:51 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Research & Technology, U.S., Automotive, Business-to-Consumer, Government, Manufacturing, Economics
GM Plans Shanghai Research Center To Study Alternative Fuels

General Motors Corp. Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner has announced the first two major initiatives of its long-term strategy to support the Chinese government’s pursuit of energy-efficient and environmentally friendly transportation. In separate...

Published 10-31-2007 9:57 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Transportation, Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Research & Technology, U.S., Automotive, Clean Energy, Travel, Hybrid Technology, Asia, Biofuel
2008 Fuel Economy Guide Released

The EPA and the DOE have released the 2008 Fuel Economy Guide. Hybrids continue to lead the government's fuel economy ratings. The Toyota Prius tops the list at 48 mpg city and 45 mpg highway. This year's...

Published 10-12-2007 12:38 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Research & Technology, Automotive, Business-to-Consumer
Land Rover To Cut Vehicle Emissions 20% By 2012

Land Rover will cut the average carbon dioxide emissions of its vehicles 20 percent by 2012 – more than the average cuts the European Union is seeking, Financial Times reports. The brand, owned by Ford Motor will spend $1.43 billion on CO2 improvements...

Published 10-08-2007 8:46 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Europe, Feature, Major Players, Research & Technology, Automotive, Marketing, Manufacturing
Nissan Positions Navigation System As Tool To Fight Global Warming

Nissan is pushing car navigation systems as a way to fight global warming, CNET reports. The idea, essentially, is that by avoiding traffic jams, drivers will use less gas. One application...

Published 10-04-2007 9:08 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Research & Technology, Automotive, Business-to-Consumer, Efficiency, Asia, New Technology
U.S. Telecommuters Save 840 Million Gallons Of Gas Per Year

Using electronics to telecommute saves the equivalent of 9 to 14 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity per year - the same amount of energy used by roughly 1 million U.S. households every year, according to a study commissioned by the Consumer Electronics...

Published 09-20-2007 1:29 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Sustainability, Research & Technology, U.S., Automotive, Business Services, Hi-Tech, Travel, Electricity, Consumption
Ford Publishes Product Sustainability Index

Ford of Europe has published a Product Sustainability Index report (PDF) covering the Ford Mondeo, Ford S-Max and Ford Galaxy. Ford’s PSI tracks eight product attributes identified as key sustainability elements of a vehicle. These are: life cycle global...

Published 08-23-2007 12:51 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Supply Chain, Europe, Feature, Major Players, Reporting, Sustainability, Research & Technology, U.S., Automotive, Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Efficiency, Travel
GM, WEC, Report On Green Supply ChainProject

General Motors Corporation has seen "significant" energy efficiency, environmental and water conservation improvements in a demonstration project involving eight suppliers to the company's manufacturing venture in China. GM and its suppliers...

Published 08-03-2007 10:00 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Transportation, Supply Chain, Feature, Major Players, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, Research & Technology, Facilities, U.S., Automotive, Manufacturing, Asia
Wal-Mart Improves Fleet Fuel Efficiency 15%

Wal-Mart’s fleet of about 7,200 semitractor-trailer trucks is already about 15 percent more fuel efficient than it was when the company announced its environmental goals in late 2005 (25 percent improvement...

Published 07-18-2007 9:30 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Supply Chain, Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Research & Technology, Automotive, Fossil Fuels, Efficiency, Hybrid Technology, New Technology
Truckmakers Get Ready For New Emissions Standards

Governments around the world are tightening emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks, forcing manufacturers to increase their spending on research and raising concerns that sales and profits could suffer, MarketWatch reports. There are concerns that...

Published 07-06-2007 10:50 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Supply Chain, Europe, Feature, Major Players, Global, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, Research & Technology, Automotive, Manufacturing
Alternative Fuel Vehicle Tipping Point Could Be Decades Away

A study by MIT researchers concludes that marketing programs and subsidies will need to be in place for decades in order for the adoption and long-term market penetration of alternative fuel vehicles to become significant and self-sustaining, GreenCarCongress...

Published 06-05-2007 11:46 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Major Players, Research & Technology, Automotive, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Hybrid Technology, Biofuel, Sales
GM Sees Volt As iPod-Like Product To Take Down Prius

p> By 2005, GM's top executives were convinced it could get sales moving again by turning around its reputation on fuel economy and the environment, the Wall Street Journal reports. To differentiate its strategy from Toyota's, GM decided to develop vehicles...

Published 05-29-2007 10:05 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Research & Technology, U.S., Automotive, Marketing, Manufacturing, Hybrid Technology, Electricity, Batteries, New Technology, Hydrogen
Decker Releases Interim Results On Two Million Mile B20 Test

Decker Truck Line is the first major trucking company to compare a soy biodiesel B20 blend to regular diesel in a comprehensive over-the-road test covering two million miles. Announced last fall, the Two Million Mile Haul has covered (PDF) 350,000 miles...

Published 05-24-2007 4:23 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Supply Chain, Feature, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, Research & Technology, U.S., Automotive, Travel, Biofuel
Survey: Midwesterners Aware of Alt Fuel & Vehicles, Not Much Else

Eighty-seven percent of homeowners in the Midwest consider the development of alternative energy products and processes to be very important to critical. However, less than one percent are aware of any alternative energy technology outside of what has...

Published 05-22-2007 10:15 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Feature, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, Research & Technology, Automotive, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Hi-Tech, Clean Energy, Hybrid Technology, Recycling, Biofuel, Wind Energy, Solar Energy, Geothermal, Wave Energy, Hydroelectric

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Daimler Touts Green Commercial Vehicles

CAFE’s 2020 Target “Tough But Attainable”

GM Plans Shanghai Research Center To Study Alternative Fuels

2008 Fuel Economy Guide Released

Land Rover To Cut Vehicle Emissions 20% By 2012

Nissan Positions Navigation System As Tool To Fight Global Warming

U.S. Telecommuters Save 840 Million Gallons Of Gas Per Year

Ford Publishes Product Sustainability Index

GM, WEC, Report On Green Supply ChainProject

Wal-Mart Improves Fleet Fuel Efficiency 15%

Truckmakers Get Ready For New Emissions Standards

Alternative Fuel Vehicle Tipping Point Could Be Decades Away

GM Sees Volt As iPod-Like Product To Take Down Prius

Decker Releases Interim Results On Two Million Mile B20 Test

Survey: Midwesterners Aware of Alt Fuel & Vehicles, Not Much Else