- 1 Dec 07 CNN: Most (and least) cost-effective hybrids + Hybrid vs. diesel vs. flex-fuel + Hybrids: Seven worries, seven answers
- 23 Nov 07 Goauto: Benz and BMW shamed as Peugeot-Citroen and Fiat emerge as Europe's cleanest makers
- 21 Nov 07 Canada.com: Pollution from ships kills 105,000 yearly: report.
- 15 Nov 07 BBC: German cars 'least green in EU'.
- 6 Nov 07 AI: Hillary Clinton calls for 55 mpg by 2030.
- 13 Oct 07 CNN: Six safe fuel savers.
- 8 Oct 07 Fleet News: Electric cars in 3-4 years, says Renault.
- 8 Oct 07 CNN: Debunking auto industry myths + Meet the world's fastest electric car.
- 11 Sep 07 SciAm ($): Saving Gas and Lives.
- 15 Aug 07 AI: An electric car for the common man.
- 17 Jul 07 NewSci: US loath to give up gas guzzlers.
- 10 Jun 07 SMH: Hybrid cars the go as fuel price rockets.
- 8 Jun 07 NewSci ($): US loath to give up gas guzzlers.
- 8 Jun 07 ABC: Holden pledges move beyond fossil fuel cars
- 3 Jun 07 ALP: New Directions: Green Cars.
- 22 May 07 CNN: Fill your car up with aluminum + US Government Proposes Rules For Hybrids In Car Pool Lanes.
- 9 May 07 AI: Senate panel OKs 35 mpg fuel economy plan.
- 9 May 07 CNN: Get ready for US$4 gasoline.
- 6 May 07 Detroit News: Small cars make big dent in auto market + Diesel cars are coming back [to USA] + Survey: Half could support higher gas tax
- 22 Apr 07 New Scientist ($): Biofuel's dirty little secret
- While ethanol-burning cars will emit fewer carcinogens such as
benzene and butadiene, they will spew out 20 times as much acetaldehyde
as those using conventional fuel. Acetaldehyde can react with sunlight
to form ozone...+ Stanford University (preprint): Effects of Ethanol (E85) Versus Gasoline Vehicles on Cancer
and Mortality in the United States . - 22 Apr 07 Environmental Science & Technology ($): Characterizing and Biological Monitoring of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Exposures to Diesel Exhaust.
- 3 Apr 07 BBC: US 'must regulate car pollution' - The highest court in the US has ruled that the government was wrong to say it did not have the power to regulate exhaust gases from new cars and trucks... The EPA had argued that the 1970 Act did not give it the powers to impose limits because CO2 was not deemed to be a pollutant.
- 28 Mar 07 CNN: Hybrid cars cost less to build as demand grows.
- 22 Mar 07 BBC: Cars bear brunt of green taxation - Drivers of gas-guzzling cars will pay more Drivers of the biggest and most polluting vehicles are to see car tax almost double to £400 by April 2008...30% cut in vehicle excise duty for some of those which emit the least pollution.
- 20 Mar 07 BBC: [UK] Budget 'to hit gas guzzlers hard'
- 17 Mar 07 Daily Telegraph: Rudd backs rego cut for hybrid 'greener' cars.
- 14 Mar 07 J Automobile Engineering ($): A comparison of fuel consumption between hybrid and intelligent vehicles during urban driving. Thanks Craig Fletcher.
- 6 Mar 07 SFC: Cars that make hybrids look like gas guzzlers - [modified] Plug-in versions can go 100 miles on a gallon of gasoline + MSNBC: U.S. ‘stuck in reverse’ on fuel economy "In Europe, cars on average get 40 mpg, compared with 20.4 mpg for U.S. cars." (thanks Automotive News)
- 2 Mar 07 ABC Catalyst transcript: Beyond Petrol.
- 8 Feb 07 ABC: EU seeks mandatory car emissions curbs - The European Commission has unveiled a broad strategy to cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from cars + BBC: Car firms attack pollution plans.
- 7 Feb 07 AI: NHTSA fuel bill may cost Big 3.
- 7 Feb 07 Fleet News: Environmental alert on biofuel + Engine filter warning for city drivers.
- 5 Feb 07 BBC: Air pollution link to heart risk.
- 30 Jan 07 Fleet News: Green transport: car sharing.
- 30 Jan 07 Geophys. Res. Lett ($): Is vehicle exhaust a significant primary source of oxalic acid in ambient aerosols?
- 29 Jan 07 NewSci: Traffic exposure disrupts teen lung development.
- 12 Jan 07 Fleet News: Fleets urged to team up on buying green + Toyota aims to cut fleet’s fuel bill.
- 11 Jan 07 BBC: Chrysler questions climate change.
- 5 Jan 07 New Scientist: Satnav gives directions for a greener route.
- 4 Jan 07 Washington Post: Not a Tiger, but Maybe a Chicken in Your Tank - As Cost of Soybean Oil Rises, Biofuel Entrepreneurs Look to Cheap Animal Fat!
- 26 Dec 06 AI: Auto industry braces for environmental clash in '07.
- 20 Dec 06 Consumer Reports: Honda FCX - hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicle makes its North American debut + Saturn Aura Hybrid.
- 7 Dec 06 SpaceDaily: Britain Gets First On-Street Electric Car Chargers.
- 27 Nov 06 SpaceDaily: [UK] Finance Minister Brown Backs Taxes On Air Travel And Gas Guzzlers. [cars]
- 19 Nov 06 New Scientist: Geoffrey Miller forecasts the future - "This will, I hope, lead to revolutionary changes in urban planning, leading to a New Urbanist revival of mixed-use landscapes. Enlightened citizens will demand to live in village-type spaces rather than alienating suburbs of single-family isolation and unbearable commutes."
- 16 Nov 06 Fleet News: Congestion charge price shake-up.
- 14 Nov 06 ETSC: Better car safety does not jeopardise emission reduction.
- 27 Oct 06 Fleet News: New electric car rental firm launches in London.
- 26 Oct 06 BBC: Most car brands 'failing on CO2'.
- 4 Oct 06 SMH: Road, safety chiefs 'ganged up' to stall electric cars
- 23 Sep 06 Consumer Reports (subs): The ethanol myth
Consumer Reports' E85 tests show that you’ll get cleaner emissions but poorer fuel economy ... if you can find it - 20 Sep 06 Goauto: Aussie new car buyers get cold feet as record fuel prices continue to bite into sales.
- 20 Sep 06 AI: Better gas mileage helps sell vehicles.
- 16 Sep 06 Washington Post: Segway Works to Keep Its Balance During Product-Safety Recall - a software glitch that can make its wheels unexpectedly reverse direction!
- 11 Aug 06 Fleet News: Tax hike for fuel guzzlers backed - [UK] charge no vehicle excise duty for the cleanest cars, but increasing in six £300 bands to a top rate of £1,800. It also calls for a reduction in the 70mph motorway speed limit. See also NSW govt Green Vehicles Guide.
- 10 Aug 06 AI: Technology hot wires electric cars.
- 9 Aug 06 Sony: Who killed the electric car - movie preview - RECOMMENDED VIEWING
- 8 Aug 06 Courier Mail: Family car tab $11,000 [AU$ per year running costs].
- 25 Jul 06 SpaceDaily: Fuel Cells, A Neglected Clean Source Of Energy.
- 25 Jul 06 AI: Chinese company starts small with hydrogen-powered car.
- 25 Jul 06 Washington Post: An Electric Car With Juice.
- 22 Jul 06 SMH: Value of guzzlers slips as fuel costs rise - Used-car dealers are now struggling to flog monster four-wheel-drives, despite hefty discounts...
- 27 Jun 06: Alternative Transport Energies Conference in Perth from 10-13 September 2006.
- 6 Jun 06 Space Review: Of Segways and space - failure to meet overhyped expectations
- 27 May 06 Consumer Reports: Complete fuel economy guide.
- 26 May 06 AI: Report finds old school buses among the worst polluters.
- 22 May 06 ABC: Petrol prices blamed for 4WD sales decrease
- 12 May 06 New Scientist (subs): How to kick the habit - Well, there is a quick fix. In one decisive act, the government could save in excess of 50 million gallons of gasoline..[55mph national speed limit - which would also save 1000s of lives. Note that every minute saved by travelling at excessive speed is matched by a one minute reduction in life expectancy of somebody in the community due to increased risk of a fatal accident].
- 5 May 06 Catalyst (ABC TV): Dirty Little Secrets - The global epidemic of fine particle pollution is estimated to kill nearly a million people each year.
- 25 Apr 06 BBC: Green mini-car to beat congestion.
- 24 Apr 06 AI: Drivers of hybrid cars feel 'Prius backlash'.
- 28 Mar 06 AI: Bush may raise fuel standards -
White House considers imposing an average of 25 miles per gallon for cars, trucks by 2011. - 26 Mar 06 AI: Ontario doubles tax rebate for hybrid vehicles in budget.
- 23 Mar 06 BBC: Brown targets polluting vehicles.
- 22 Mar 06 Drive: Something in the air - Cars are demonised as the primary cause of pollution [the article is about Greenhouse emissions] but are such claims true?
- 20 Mar 06 CNN: Hybrids: Seven worries, seven answers.
- 6 Mar 06 SpaceDaily: Ventilated Auto Seats Improve Fuel Economy, Comfort. (less demand on air conditioning)
- 17 Feb 06 TerraDaily: MIT
Powers Up New Battery For Hybrid Cars.
- 12 Feb 06 BBC: Silent running - Japan's
hydrogen car leaves no traces on pristine heritage island
- 11 Feb 06 CNN: Car awards give hybrids nod for value
- 28 Jan 06 BBC: Car
firms 'blocking green fuel'.
- 25 Jan 06 Fleet News: Green transport: Current trends for city fleets
- 24 Jan 06 CNN: Snow details tax breaks for hybrid cars
- 18 Jan 06 SciAm: Pedestrians Inhale Less Pollution than Passengers
- 29 Dec 05 CNN: Big new tax credits for hybrid cars + EPA invents battery-less hybrid system
- 13 Dec 05 AI: The
case for hydrogen as an industry transformer + Ford's
bigger idea: A not-so-green jumbo SUV.
- 13 Dec 05 NYT: As
Gas Prices Fall, Thirsty S.U.V.'s Regain Their Allure.
- 24 Nov 05 Catalyst: Real Oil
Crisis...Fifty percent of the
people in the audience put up their hand saying that they believe we’re
at peak oil and these are practicing petroleum industry professionals.
- 4 Nov 05 NYT: Beyond
Gasoline: Taking the Future for a Drive - hydrogen vehicle.
- 24 Oct 05 AI: Toyota scrambling to produce hybrids to meet growing demand
- 24 Oct 05 CNN; Debate over clean-car technology
- 5 Oct 05 ABC: Hydrogen car could be a reality within 10 years
- 14 Sep 05 SMH: One car
crash that must be avoided - lack of govt support for green cars.
- 11 Sep 05 AI: Ford, Honda, Toyota unveil latest hybrids, technology + Volkswagen, Chinese partner to produce hybrid vehicles
- 8 Sep 05 CNN: Who needs hybrids?
- 5 Sep 05 NHTSA: U.S. Secretary Mineta Unveils Plan Requiring Better Gas Mileage from SUVs, Pickups and Mini-vans
- 5 Sep 05 AI: Subaru maker teams with power company on electric cars + Big SUV sales take dive as gas costs soar + GM scales back outlook for big SUVs
- 28 Aug 05 AI: EV fanatics just keep plugging + DCX, GM finalize joint hybrid project
- 22 Aug 05 AI: West Coast states unite on cleaner car regulations
- 16 Aug 05 Livescience: Experimental
Hybrid Cars Get Up to 250 Mpg ("plug-in" hybrid)
- 4 Aug 05 CNN: Toyota planning 10 more hybrids
- 3 Aug 05 AI: EPA retains [won't be upgrading] fuel test standard
- 1 Aug 05 CNN: GM,
Ford may benefit from new fuel rules [that go easy on the large gas
guzzlers]
- 28 Jul 05 SMH: Babies
at risk from pollution - Women living in areas of Sydney with high
levels of traffic pollution have smaller babies, state Health
Department researchers have discovered.
- 26 Jul 05 CNN: Toyota: Hybrid drivers want to stand out + Used SUV prices fall 5 percent
- 26 Jul 05 Fleet News: Government grants for cleaner cars ahead
- 19 Jul 05 Fleet News: Honda goes huge on hybrids
- 8 Jul 05 SpaceDaily: Producing
Ethanol And Biodiesel From Corn Not Worth The Energy: Study.
- 6 Jul 05 SpaceDaily: The Driving Doctor: Thinking 'Backwards'
- 5 Jul 05 AI: Next for the Big 3: More car-like SUVs
- 27 Jun 05 SpaceDaily: 'Apollo Program' For [automobile] Hydrogen Energy Needed, Stanford Researcher Says
- 27 Jun 05 CNN: Honda aims to cut cost of fuel-cell cars
- 24 Jun 05 Nature: Hydrogen
cars will save lives
Cleaner vehicles would be better for people, as well as the planet.
- 21 Jun 05 Blog: The japanese car industry must be
concerned about the efforts by the japanese government to resume
whaling. There is already an unfair backlash against japanese cars in
the USA due to the plight of the US car giants. Great gains made by
japanese engineers in curbing vehicle pollution (see items below) will
likely be negated by a backlash in
Australia and Europe if whaling resumes and the "green" image of Japan
is shattered. As a resident of Sydney's northern beaches for 30
years I have watched the numbers of whales passing the headlands
steadily increase. Almost every year now Sydneysiders are thrilled by
whales calling into Sydney Harbour. In the long term there is far
greater profit in whale-watch tourism than in hunting these magnificent
creatures.
- 20 Jun 05 CNN: Toyota aims for $50,000 hydrogen car + VW to pay feds $1M for emissions glitch
- 15 Jun 05 SciAm: Solid
(State) Progress - Hydrogen-fuel storage for cars gets a
materials boost
- 6 Jun 05 Consumer Reports: Next steps in hybrids
- 6 Jun 05 SpaceDaily: Britain Mulls Road Charges For Motorists Tracked By Satellite
- 4 Jun 05 Fleet News: Drivers fail test on tax and CO2
- 2 Jun 05 SMH: Commuters voting with feet on accelerator pedal
- 30 May 05 CNN: The new green machine: Lexus RX400h
- 30 May 05 Fleet News: Greenpeace urges fleets to ban SUVs
- 20 May 05 CNN: Camry goes hybrid
- 14 May 05 AI: Limousine builders aim to escape gas guzzler tax + GM and Toyota reported planning fuel cell venture
- 9 May 05 AI: Used Toyota Prius brings higher price than new car
- 27 Apr 05 AI: Hybrid sales rose 81 percent in U.S. market last year (but hybrids represented less than 1 percent of the 17 million new vehicles sold in 2004)
- 25 Apr 05 Fleet News: [CO2] Emissions fall + Keep calm - and help save the planet
- 8 Apr 05 NewSci (subs): Fuel
cell squeezes more from petrol.
- 1 Apr 05 AI: Fuel cell partnership OK'd + Fuel cell developer promises feasible technology by 2010
- 27 Mar 05 CNN: The new green machine: Lexus RX400h
- 25 Mar 05 AI: Ford
plans ad blitz to boost SUV sales (to counter rising petrol prices)
Opinion: $50 million could be better spent on improving fuel economy!
- 16 Mar 05 AI: High gas prices scare off sales of SUVs
- 4 Mar 05 AI: Diesel and hybrids vie for Europe's car buyers
- 28 Feb 05 SpaceDaily: Green Stars To Eschew Limos For Hybrid Vehicles At Oscars Ceremony
- 24 Feb 05 North Sydney Council is currently considering
a proposal
to charge
different fees for its resident parking permits, based on the
environmental impact of the vehicle. The scheme uses the Australian Green Vehicle
Guide to set fees.
- 23 Feb 05 SciAm: Air Pollution Can Affect Fetal Development, Scientists Say.
- 21 Feb 05 Fleet News: ‘Green
label’ push to companies - All 42 car brands in the UK have signed
up to the voluntary display of the colour-coded environment label in
showrooms. DfT: DARLING UNVEILS CLEANER VEHICLE LABELLING
SCHEME (with sample label)
- 15 Feb 04 Daily Telegraph: 4WD parking to cost double - A SYDNEY council's plan to double residential parking fees for four wheel drive owners.
- 15 Feb 05 SMH: Man
who banned cars talks up his vision
- 10 Feb 05 AI: New California regs will bring savings to consumers, regulators say
- 31 Jan 05 Fleet News: EC
ruling threatens clean-air campaign
- 31 Jan 05 AI: Motorcycle-car hybrid the Ecomobile looking to become the next big thing in personal transportation + Nissan CEO Ghosn not sold on hybrid vehicles
- 29 Jan 05 AI: GM launches fuel-cell push with more vehicles
- 27 Jan 05 SMH: Guzzlers
going down the gurgler - North America is finally embracing
environmentally friendly technology...
- 27 Jan 05 Fleet News: Stop the engine – start saving cash
- 21 Jan 05 AI: Detroit faces ‘do-or-die fight’ and must go for hybrids - NRDC analyst
- 15 Jan 05 AI: Iceland's hydrogen buses zip toward oil-free economy
- 9 Jan 05 Fleet News: Shake–up brings fresh fears over [UK] green grants + Hybrid Hondas promote car-sharing website
- 7 Jan 05 AI: Diesels better than hybrids, VW chief says + BMW stresses hydrogen as performance fuel + Rescuers worry about shock hazard in hybrid crashes
- 29 Dec 04 AI: Ford can't escape the crosshairs of green groups + Road to hydrogen cars may not be so clean