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GM Donation Insulates 400 More Coats for the Homeless
General Motors has made an additional donation of scrap sound-absorption material from its Chevy Malibu and Buick Verano models to a Detroit nonprofit for use as insulation in waterproof, self-heating coats that become sleeping bags for the homeless.... View More
Toyota Plots Improved Hybrids and Customer Care to Regain U.S. Share
Toyota plans to keep pressing the advantages of its renewed mojo in the U.S. market with sportier hybrids, a greater emphasis on customer care and the possible addition of more production in Mexico to supply U.S. customers.The company has seen its ma... View More
Tesla Outsells Porsche, Buick, Lincoln in California
In June, the Tesla Model S outsold several well-established vehicle brands in California — including Porsche, Buick and Lincoln — according to a recent report from the California New Car Dealers Association (CNCDA), using data sourced from Polk.T... View More
CODA Deploys First Solar EV Charging Station Optimized by Energy Storage in San Francisco
CODA Energy has partnered with Energy Vault and Growing Energy Labs (GELI), to deploy the first Eco-Station, a solar integrated electric vehicle (EV) fast-charging station optimized by energy storage, in the San Francisco Bay Area.CODA says the charg... View More
If You Want Something Done Right, Do It Yourself: Ford and Toyota End Hybrid Partnership
Ford and Toyota announced this week they are going their separate ways after teaming up in 2011 to develop a hybrid gasoline-electric powertrain system for light-duty trucks. After completing a feasibility study of their collaboration, the companies ... View More
2013 ESPYs Achieve Zero Waste to Landfill, Carbon Neutrality for Fifth Year Running
ESPN has announced that its annual awards show, the ESPYs, will be carbon neutral and achieve zero waste-to-landfill for the fifth and sixth consecutive years, respectively.To achieve carbon neutrality, the sports network says it will apply energy co... View More
Volkswagen Wants Brands, Plants to 'Think Blue' for Sustainability Leadership
Volkswagen finished last of the global automakers that occupied five of the top seven spots in Interbrand's recently released Best Global Green Brands 2013 report. That was a pretty good showing, but the German giant seems determined to hoist itself ... View More
Lego Thinking: Key to Futureproofing Your Brand?
Key to futureproofing is creating a brand that fulfills your customers' higher order needs — things such as meaning, authenticity, self-fulfillment and all those other wonderful aspirations at the top of Maslow’s pyramid.But what if your consumer... View More
Tesla Launches Electric Vehicle Battery Swap System
Tesla Motors has introduced a system that allows battery packs in electric vehicles to be swapped in roughly 90 seconds.At an event last week, the electric car company’s CEO Elon Musk said that the system provides an alternative to charging EVs, he... View More
Ford Outlines Progress, Newest Goals with Release of Latest Sustainability Report
In a webinar this morning, Ford’s Global Director of Sustainability & Vehicle Environmental Matters John Viera and EVP & CFO Bob Shanks briefly outlined the company’s newly released 2012/13 Sustainability report. ... View More
Toyota, Ford and Tech Companies Top List of ‘Best Global Green Brands’
For the second year running, Toyota has topped Interbrand’s list of “Best Global Green Brands,” followed by Ford and Honda. Rounding out the rest of the top ten are Panasonic, Nissan, Johnson & Johnson, Volkswagen, Danone, Nokia and Dell. O... View More
GM, BMW Complete Successful Testing on DC Fast Charge Stations
After several days of joint testing, General Motors and BMW AG engineers say they are confident that DC “Combo” Fast Charge stations from several suppliers will consistently allow an electric vehicle to take on an 80 percent charge in about 20 mi... View More
Toyota Launches Initiative To Drive Environmental Awareness In U.S. Hispanic Community
Toyota has announced a program aimed at promoting environmental awareness in the Hispanic communities in Miami and Los Angeles while also providing the tools to continue on the path of going green. ... View More
BMW i Poised to Redefine Sustainable Mobility
The BMW brand arguably defines automobile performance, engineering and technology. ... View More
BASF Licenses Genomatica Process for Creating BDO from Renewable Feedstock
Chemical technology company Genomatica has announced a new partnership with BASF. The chemical giant has licensed Genomatica’s patented new manufacturing process for a renewable form of the organic compound 1,4-butanediol, more commonly known as BD... View More
Project 100 Brings Classy Car-Sharing to Downtown Las Vegas
In an effort to reduce area residents’ need for vehicle ownership within a very car-dependent city, Las Vegas is getting a high-class car-sharing service. ... View More
Ford's Worldwide Driving Skills For Life Program Now Helping Make India's Roads Safer
In 2003 Ford Motor Co. launched Driving Skills for Life (DSFL), a program the automaker created to teach newly licensed teenagers the necessary driving skills beyond the offerings of most drivers' education courses. ... View More
BASF supports ‘Achieving Efficiency’ theme at SAE World Congress
BASF supports ‘Achieving Efficiency’ theme at SAE World Congress ... View More
General Motors names BASF as 2012 Supplier of the Year
General Motors names BASF as 2012 Supplier of the Year SOUTHFIELD, MI, March 27, 2013 -- For the ninth time in the past 11 years, BASF has received General Motors’ (GM) Supplier of the Year Award. ... View More
GM Plans To Cut Vehicle Weight Up to 15% by 2017
General Motors hopes to save as much as 12 billion gallons of fuel over the life of the vehicles it builds between 2011 and 2017 through reducing vehicle weight by up to 15 percent and other fuel efficiency upgrades, the company’s CEO Dan Akerson s... View More
