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Even if Mitsubishi's reported plan to hybridize or electrify its fleet materializes over the next four years, experts are mixed on the overall impact on the industry.
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More and more cars are breaking this threshold. Why has it become such a sacred goal, and what's the impact on the environment?
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The two automakers will collaborate on lithium-ion battery research, and BMW will supply diesel engines to Toyota Motor Europe to help Toyota grow its European lineup of diesel-powered cars.
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Electric buses in the news from the likes of BYD, Smith Electric Vehicles and Proterra.
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The Energy Department said this week it needs to invest more in the transportation sector to help wean the country off oil. At the same time, the government will delay new fuel economy rules and the top five most congested cities are named.
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Diversey's latest CSR report shows improvements in water, while energy use is flat and waste soars; PV installations boost home resale values; Fresh & Easy adds CNG trucks to its fleet, and more.
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Thirteen automakers have agreed to achieve an average vehicle fuel efficiency rate of 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. Here's how they can do it.
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Automakers agree to 54.5 mpg by 2025; budget cuts likely to doom green government spending; China moves forward with climate change strategy, and more ...
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Ford has revealed how the batteries of its hybrid taxi fleet are holding up, while General Motors announced progress on its work finding a second life for its Chevy Volt batteries once they have fulfilled their first use.
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The new additions to the partnership bring more than 1 million corporate fleet vehicles into the effort to reduce fleets' fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions.
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A study from the University of Michigan found the average driver who bought a new vehicle in April 2011 produced 14 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions from driving that month compared to drivers who bought a new car in October 2007.
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The latest BPA study finds it causes male deer mice to act like females; Greenpeace accuses VW of turning to the Dark Side because of its environmental and lobbying record; and GM pledges to find a way to achieve 56.2 mpg.
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It's going to be a summer of pain at the pump, but nine experts are weighing in to share their advice on how to implement green initiatives in your fleet.
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Three separate announcement this underline the green fleet aspirations of President Barack Obama, Dow Chemical and Waste Management.
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Kraft plans to manufacture its famous foods using less water, energy and packaging, the company announced last week. Its European coffee brands have also committed to 100 percent sustainably sourced coffee by 2015.
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Since its debut two years ago, the WorldFirst Formula 3 race car has garnered accolades, spawned research projects and proved it could drive wheel-to-wheel with its conventional Formula 3 counterparts.
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The 2011 Chevy Volt, which runs on electricity for the first 35 miles before shifting to a gas engine for 379 miles, captured the No. 2 spot in the ranking from the editors of Kelley Blue Book's kcc.com website.
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US Foodservice acquired Bluffton, S.C.-based WVO Industries with an eye on turning the waste vegetable oil used in its customers' deep fryers into biodiesel to power its fleet.
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Cleaning products firm Seventh Generation set a range of new sustainability goals this week with the release of its latest Corporate Consciousness report, including a commitment that all 100 percent of its products would come from renewable plant and mineral sources by 2015 and reduce life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from its products by 15 percent.
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The agency last week chose Navistar Corp. of Fort Wayne, Indiana, to evenly split the cost of a three-year demonstration project to develop and deploy roughly 60 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles
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Environmental Defense Fund and private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. just wrapped up a pilot program that saved three companies $16 million by reducing waste, fuel, energy and paper use. EDF's Tom Murray joined GreenBiz Radio to talk about the program and the lessons it teaches businesses trying to make their way through a slumping economy.
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From incentivizing carpools and public transit to embracing a remote workforce, companies are learning how successful alternatives to driving alone can offset their carbon footprint and lead to happier, more productive employees.
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The regulations -- deemed the world's strictest -- mean the roughly 2,000 ships that sail into state ports each year must start using low-sulfur fuel in 2009 instead of cheap but dirty bunker fuel.