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| Hybrid Fest: World's Biggest Hybrid and Green Car Show | | 2008-07-16 00:19:00 | | Next weekend in Madison, Wisconsin, hundreds of green car lovers will gather together at an event called HybridFest in order to check out new technology from the green automotive industry.The show activities officially start on Saturday, but Friday afternoon there will be a hybrid car MPG challenge to whet everyone's taste for the future of high fuel economy vehicles.However, HybridFest isn't just about high MPG and hybrids -- it's more about the future of the automotive industry. This year the show will feature everything from big automakers Toyota and GM showing off their wares to homespun biodiesel makers and ecomodders like myself.There will also be speakers on a wide range of green car topics, including the featured talk on plug-in hybrids and the quest for 100+ MPG production vehicles.Personally, I'm attending under two separate sets of auspices. Firstly, I will be an interested participant looking forward to things like the hybrid car test drives and speeches for tech buffs.Seco... | | By: Autos Space | | |
| | Volkswagen bags green car award | | 2008-06-25 17:09:00 | | THE Volkswagen Group, one of the world's leading automobile manufacturers and the largest car producer in Europe, recently received the World Car Of the Year Award for its Passat BlueMotion, one of the most environmentally friendly cars worldwide.Wolfgang Hatz, Head of Volkswagen Group Powertrain Development, received the award on behalf of the company in New York.“With a fuel consumption of only 5.1 litres (diesel), the Passat BlueMotion is one of the world's most economical cars and is also affordable. Our BlueMotion label is becoming a model for a whole new generation of economical cars,” said Hatz.Volkswagen has seven BlueMotion models in its range. This will increase to 10 in the near future.Besides its low fuel consumption, the car also emits low carbon emissions of 136g per kilometre.The BlueMotion is powered by a 77kW/105 hp TDI engine.The “World Green Cars 2008” saw the Passat BlueMotion successfully competing against several hybrid models as well as a fuel cell vehicl... | | By: Volkswagen Cars News | | |
| | BMW 118d wins World Green Car of the Year award | | 2008-04-12 19:08:59 | | BMW 118d wins World Green Car of the Year awardfrom Paul Tan's Raves and Rants on the Automotive Industry by Paul TanBMW 118dBMW’s “greenest” car was awarded the World Green Car of the Year award at the New York International Auto Show 2008. The award-winning BMW 118d emits just 119g/km, and gets 26.7km per liter on the US combined cycle.The BMW 118d hosts a stable of EfficientDynamics features like Brake Energy Regeneration, Auto Start-Stop and Electric Power Steering. The dash has an optimum gearshift indicator to guide manual transmission users to shift at the most optimum shift points for the best fuel economy.“BMW is very excited that the BMW 118d with EfficientDynamics won the World Green Car title. The measures that we’ve implemented within our EfficientDynamics strategy into every BMW mean that we’re able to provide customers with the driving pleasure they expect from a BMW, while still meeting the stringent requirements for fuel-efficiency and low emissions,” sai... | | By: BMW All Series | | |
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| | BMW Wins World Green Car of the Year | | 2008-03-26 07:09:00 | | A diesel powered BMW 1 Series has been voted “World Green Car of the Year”. Presented at the 2008 New York International Auto Show, the jury acknowledged the significant impact and effect of the BMW EfficientDynamics development strategy giving the BMW 118d its low consumption and emission ratings. Securing this victory, BMW has continued the series of international awards for its ongoing strategy of enhanced efficiency throughout the current range of BMW Group models. The jury, made up this year of 47 motor journalists from 24 countries, awards the title “World Green Car of the Year” to vehicles and technologies able to make a particular contribution to the reduction of emissions. The BMW 118d convinced the experts above all through its unparalleled balance of driving pleasure, on the one hand, and economy, on the other. The 2.0-litre four-cylinder diesel engine develops 105 kW and accelerates the BMW 118d to 100 km/h in a mere 9.0 seconds. By contrast, average fuel consumpti... | | By: BMW Cars News | | |
| | BMW Hydrogen 7 : A Green Car | | 2007-12-29 19:43:08 | | The Hydrogen 7 is powered by a V12 engine which produces no harmful exhaust emissions or CO2 when running in hydrogen fuel mode.It produces 191kW of power and 390Nm of torque and accelerates from 0-100km/h in 9.5sec. Top speed is limited electronically to 230km/h. A specially designed crash-proof tank houses the 8kg of liquid hydrogen that powers the car.It has a cruising range of 200km on hydrogen and 500km on petrol. A one-touch steering wheel-mounted button allows the driver to switch between petrol and hydrogen fuel on the move. Only 100 Hydrogen 7 cars have been built to be circulated around the world and showcase the technology.BMW Press:Munich, Germany — BMW has just come clean (pardon the pun) with the new Hydrogen 7. It may look and feel like BMW's large luxury car, known collectively as the 7 Series, but it doesn't sound or smell like one.This hydrogen-powered 7 Series BMW is virtually emission-free, according to the German automaker, and sets the company off in a bold new direction, as it begins the long journey of refining and advancing its hydrogen fuel ambitions.As the German marque explains, the BMW Hydrogen 7 is powered by a hydrogen combustion engine that has gone through the complete process of series development, using hydrogen as a source of energy, suitable for everyday motoring as of now.The deployment of its first fleet of hydrogen-powered 7 Series vehicles indicates that BMW has managed to elevate hydrogen performance to a commercially acceptable level, and has given its hydrogen cars to high profile members of society to test, including politicians and celebrities.While Lexus has been the only prestige car company to offer next generation propulsion systems in the form of hybrid (petrol/electric) vehicles, BMW has decided against following suit, instead opting to develop a petrol/hydrogen powered combustion engine and storage unit.Petrol/Hydrogen EngineBMW says the Hydrogen 7 is a revolutionary development: the engine, suspension and bod... | | By: BMW All Series | | |
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| 2008 'Green car awards' | | 2007-12-03 01:59:26 | | I don't consider myself a tree hugger, but I do despair sometimes! I've just seen what vehicle has won the 2008 green car award in the US! 20mph is considered green in the US? Really? The EU version is the Honda Civic Hybrid, which can go over 60 miles on a gallon. Is something getting lost in tran... | | By: CR4: The Engineer's Place for Discussion & New | | |
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