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The German sportscar maker Porsche AG is following a rather unorthodox method of cutting the average emissions of its fleet. Where most other producers of large-engines niche vehicles are looking at alternative fuels (like an ethanol powered Koenigsegg) or scaling down engine capacities (like the Ferrari Millechili concept), Porsche is hoping that another manufacturer’s green […]

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The General’s assembly plant in Zargosa, Spain (which produces over 480 000 vehicles per year) will soon be sporting a massive 10MW solar power station on its roof similar to the system pictured above.
GM will not own the solar station, however. It will be installed and run by US firm Clairvoyant Energy and France’s Veolia […]

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Internal combustion engines may not be around forever but they’re certainly going to be the most common propulsion systems on our roads for many years to come, so it’s always good news to hear that automakers are making good progress in terms of ICE efficiency and emissions reductions. Recently, Mazda has announced the exciting […]

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We all know that going green is big business. Big enough, in fact, to reach the pages of business newspapers every week - if not every day. In the Tuesday 17 June edition of Business Day, a double page spread focussing on international company news had no fewer than four reports on international companies meddling […]

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Beatle Sir Paul McCartney is seen as quite a green fellow. In fact, he has done so much for the promotion of green motoring that Lexus decided to give him a brand spanking new LS600h – for free. This luxury sedan is not yet available in South Africa, but will set you back around £84,000 […]

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Thanks to the good fuel economy (and consequent lower CO2 emissions) of modern diesel cars, there’s been a lot of optimism about the role of diesel vehicles in reducing anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. However, a recent testimony provided by five scientists before the US House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform might put a serious […]

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The UK’s Department of Transport has just launched an interesting new site that offers some great environmentally friendly tips, especially for buying new cars. Considering that most of these cars are available in South Africa, it should be quite useful for us too.

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When a car is recycled, the process typically involves the shredding of a vehicle and then recovering the reusable steel pieces. In addition to steel, cars are obviously made up of a number of other materials, which are shredded with the rest of the car.
These waste materials are called automotive shredder residue (ASR). ASR […]

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Scientists at the University of California in Irvine (UCI) have discovered that dirty snow is likely to have caused nearly 19% of the total global warming experienced (0.8 degrees Celsius) over the last 200 years. Throughout that same period, the Arctic warmed by approximately 1.6 degrees, with some estimates showing dirty snow contributing as much […]

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Yesterday, I added this page which explains how motorists can help in the fight against global warming. The next question of course is: “how can we reduce our emissions at home and in the office?”
Well, fortunately, sproutingforth of Urban Sprout has just released this very helpful article that provides a great background on global warming, […]

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