11th May, 2007
Ford : The most Responsible car in UK
Around the world a new competition has introduced specifically in automobile market that is well knowned enviromental cars or somewhere green cars.
Most of the company is actually doing their business in the name of environment & green concern.
Actually very few companies are actually dedicated about this which are actually aware ......
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11th May, 2007
Potential in Recycling Automotive Foams
The United States Council for Automotive Research's Vehicle Recycling Partnership is evaluating a process that could potentially divert 250,000 tons of post-consumer shredder residue foams from landfills annually.
The VRP – composed of researchers from DaimlerChrysler AG, Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp. – is evaluating a glycolysis process that ......
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10th May, 2007
Biofuels Risk Factors , UN Report Warns
The global boom in biofuels is laden with environmental and social risks, even as it presents strong new prospects for mitigating human-caused global warming, a new UN study says.
The study also suggests that biofuels—energy sources derived from plant matter like corn or sugarcane—would serve better for heating and industrial ......
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10th May, 2007
Chrysler Group Developing products that minimize impact on the environment
The Chrysler Group is dedicated to protecting the health of our community, our
natural resources and the global environment. We are addressing
environmental challenges by working continuously to improve the
environmental performance of our products and operations.
Our longstanding commitment to the environment is reflected in ecocompatible
innovations in our products, the greening of our ......
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10th May, 2007
The Formula SAE garage at Iowa State University
Last year's team engineered and drove a mini Formula 1-style, open-wheel racer to a seventh-place finish in an international contest sponsored by the Society of Automotive Engineers. The year before, the team drove to an 18th-place finish.
This year's car is similar to last year's, said Tony Sartor, a May graduate ......
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9th May, 2007
One-millionth Duramax V-8 turbo-diesel engine at the DMAX plant in Moraine - GM
General Motors Corp. (GM) announced today the production of its one-millionth Duramax V-8 turbo-diesel engine at the DMAX plant in Moraine.
DMAX Ltd., a joint venture between GM and Isuzu Motors Limited, was established as a diesel engine company in 1998. GM first introduced the Duramax diesel in the U.S. in ......
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9th May, 2007
Top Environmentally Friendly Cars : MSN Auots Research
Four SUVs made the J.D. Power and Associates list of environmentally friendly vehicles; one of those being the Mercury Mariner Hybrid.
A new study highlights vehicles that are least harmful to the environment.
The Chevrolet Aveo is among the top 30 vehicles least harmful to the environment, ......
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9th May, 2007
Toyota Announces Year-End Financial Results
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) today announced operating results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007.
On a consolidated basis, net revenues for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 totaled 23.94 trillion yen, an increase of 13.8 percent compared to the last fiscal year. Operating income increased 19.2 percent to ......
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7th May, 2007
The latest in clean alternative-energy resources and the promise for transportation
The latest in clean alternative-energy resources and the promise for transportation will be the focus of the California Clean Innovation 2007 (CACI) conference to be held Friday, May 11, on the campus of the California Institute of Technology. The conference is open to the public by registration.
According to one of ......
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6th May, 2007
The Chrysler Group
The Chrysler Group is dedicated to protecting the health of our community, our
natural resources and the global environment. We are addressing
environmental challenges by working continuously to improve the
environmental performance of our products and operations.
Our longstanding commitment to the environment is reflected in ecocompatible
innovations in our products, the greening of our ......
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6th May, 2007
"racing capital of the world," old race cars at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum
Peek through the double-wide wooden doors into the replica A.J. Foyt garage. Marvel at Carl Fisher's one-of-a-kind 1905 Premier, a hulking skeleton of steel that was too heavy to race. Walk through a 100-year timeline of technology and fashion, of helmets and goggles, of silver trophies and bronze sculptures and ......
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6th May, 2007
Latest Concept Cars : Japanese concepts of mysterious beauty and intelligence
Yasushi Nakamuta, chief designer of MAZDA RYUGA (PRONOUNCED: REE-YOO-GA) says Ryuga's design expresses "Japanese concepts of mysterious beauty and intelligence." And a press release describes the vehicle's proportions as "dramatically windswept."
In fact, listening to Nakamuta describe the car is like hearing poetry or walking through a garden with a ......
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6th May, 2007
April 2007 : Record drops in Auto markets
April was indeed the cruelest month for automakers as many consumers stayed on the sidelines in the face of stagnant home values and rising gas prices.
The timing couldn't be worse for Detroit. General Motors (GM), Ford (F), and DaimlerChrysler's (DCX) Chrysler Group are all trying to dig out of ......
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3rd May, 2007
GM loses $46 million in North America
General Motors lost $46 million in North America in the first three months of the year, another red-ink quarter in the automaker's most important vehicle market despite deep cost cutting and a shift away from sales of less profitable rental fleet vehicles.
For the company as a whole, net income fell ......
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