Tag Archives : Carbon emissions

One of the foremost automobile manufacturers from France, Citroen, has now announced the introduction of the all new Citroen Tubik Concept that is to be showcased at the upcoming 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show (IAA 2011). This futuristic looking high-tech executive shuttle concept has been designed on the principle of providing the occupants with a swift [...]

One of the foremost automobile manufacturing companies in Japan, Nissan Motor Company has announced that it is now all set to run global proving tests for an electric vehicle (EV) that is being derived from the highly successful Nissan NV200 Commercial Compact Van. The NV200 has been one of the most successful commercial vehicles from Nissan, that [...]

Resorts and Spas are meant to soothe your wrecked nerves and pump in the right energy of vigor to put one back on their feet once their vacation time is over. How about a 5 Star hotel that gives you all of these privileges in addition to the advantage of reducing your carbon foot print? The Bali Net Zero Hotel Resort and Spa is one leisure destination [...]

One of the foremost luxury car manufacturers, Lexus, has now launched an all new model in the New Zealand market, in the form of Lexus CT200h luxury compact, that is also hailed as the world’s first full hybrid luxury compact automobile. This gorgeous looking four wheel vehicle provides the consumers with the ability to cruise with extremely low [...]

One of the most ambitious projects financed by the European Union (EU), SARTRE (Safe Road Trains for the Environment), that aims at making vehicle platooning or tailgating as streamlined as possible with automated cars, has now finally come out of the simulators and has conducted its first ever successful demonstration of this cutting edge technology [...]

There is a new race in the world of transportation and that is of saving the environment while achieving the maximum potential that current generation technology can provide. Not only this trend has led to the development of various eco friendly ground based vehicles, the urge to be eco- friendly has now spawned and rapidly spread across the companies [...]

In the quest to save the environment, we have seen numerous concept hybrid vehicles from various automobile giants, as well as numerous visionaries.But these concepts have always been just some prints and models showcased at motors shows, without ever having to see the light of the day. However, one of the biggest automobile manufacturers in the world, [...]

The 3D revolution that rocked the consumer electronics domain at the CES 2010 in the month of January this year, has now spread its sphere to the automobile industry as well, with the introduction of the world’s first fully 3D printed car called, The Urbee. This incredible hybrid car has its entire body, including its glass panel prototypes printed [...]

 With the rising levels of carbon emissions and a growing threat of global warming, the domain of transportation is now witnessing an enormous change, as more and more companies as well as customers are getting more concerned about the environment. This new trend has sparked off a new race to build more feasible and practical eco-friendly vehicles, [...]

While corn-based biofuel, particularly corn-based ethanol, has been touted to be the most viable alternative to petroleum and other fossil fuels, the production of such grain-based alternative has sparked many a debate as to its supposed environmental sustainability. Food crop displacement is just one of the trade-offs in the burgeoning ethanol industry. Nowhere [...]