Mitsubishi, Japan Delivery System develop electric vehicle charging system for apartment buildings

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Mitsubishi It’s well known by now that, aside from the cost, the biggest hurdle to the adoption of EVs may be a lack of charging infrastructure available to people most likely to use these vehicles.

Reality Bites: limos, CO2 emissions and private jets at Hopenhagen

Filed under: Green Culture , Carbon Offset , Legislation and Policy , Green Daily Sure, there might be a fleet of advanced technology vehicles cruising the streets of Copenhagen this week and next for the COP 15 Copenhagen United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 , but that doesn’t mean that literally tons of CO 2 won’t be emitted during the talks. According to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which is putting on the talks, the 17,000 attendees to Hopenhagen will emit about 40,500 tons of CO 2 during the two-week event, including travel to and from their homes. This is about as much as 200,000 passenger cars will emit during the fortnight.

REPORT: Toyota finally ready to finish U.S. plant in Tupelo, Miss

Filed under: Manufacturing/Plants , Toyota , USA In a move to reduce the impact of the yen’s strength against the dollar, Toyota is planning to finish off its recently-built plant in Tupelo, Mississippi. The plant was started way back in 2006 but had been put on indefinite hold last December . At this time, only the building shell has been completed and there is no actual car-building equipment installed

REPORT: Diesel Beetle, electric Up! coming from Volkswagen

Filed under: Diesel , EV/Plug-in , Volkswagen Volkswagen Up! Lite concept - Click above for high-res gallery Volkswagen Group of America President, Stefan Jacoby, has confirmed that the next-gen New Beetle, due to hit North American as a 2012 model, will be offered with a clean diesel engine.

REPORT: Minicar, EV on the way from Opel

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , MPG , GM , Opel General Motors has declared that Opel needs a minicar, a tiny little thing that can compete with runabouts like the Ford Ka and Peugeot 107. That’s a fine sentiment here at the starting line, but to get to the finish, GM will need to keep Opel running smoothly, get its Spark firing quickly (if indeed it aims to use that as an Opel), and lure some eyeballs away from the two dozen minicars currently in the segment and the ones on the way from the likes of Volkswagen and Toyota

EPA says green house gases endanger people, environment - and it’s all our fault

Filed under: Legislation and Policy , Green Daily , USA It’s official: the cars we drive are hurting us. The EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson announced today that “greenhouse gases (GHGs) threaten the public health and welfare of the American people

Chevy Volt: The Song

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Chevrolet , Green Daily Chevy Volt and Me song — Click above to watch the video The Kraft company recently held a competition inviting the public to name its new Vegemite cream cheese spinoff. The name that won, and made it to shelves, was “iSnack 2.0.” Really. It took one day of public cacophony to encourage Kraft to change the name to “Cheesybite,” but we hear you can still find jars of iSnack 2.0 if you’re inclined.

Schaeffler Group unveils Porsche Cayenne concept to reduce CO2 by 10%

Filed under: MPG , Porsche Schaeffler Group CO 2 ncept-10% Porsche Cayenne - click above for high-res image gallery German supplier, the Schaeffler Group has announced a new concept based on the Porsche Cayenne , meant to demonstrate the possibilities for CO 2 reduction through friction reduction. As a bearing maker, friction is at the heart of Schaeffler’s business. Schaeffler collaborated with Porsche on the CO 2 ncept-10% Cayenne supplying new bearings for the differentials as well as different engine components.

Copenhagen to host FIM Ride Green Eco Enduro [w/VIDEO]

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , On Two Wheels , Europe/EU , Racing As most of you probably know, the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 15) is kicking off in Copenhagen this week to tackle our planet-size environmental problem. With the stakes literally sky high and a tone as serious as a myocardial infarction , what better time and place to hold a multi-day Enduro motocross racing event? None apparently, as the FIM Ride Green Eco Enduro gets geared up to add some life to the proceedings and demonstrate that reducing CO 2 emissions doesn’t mean that fun can’t be had

Athlon Car Lease to help Renault distribute EVs

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Renault Renault Fluence ZE Concept - click above for high-res image gallery As we begin to move into the age of electrically-driven cars, cost will become a hurdle that customers will have to overcome. For the foreseeable future, the cost of batteries will mean that the up-front layout for EVs will be higher than for combustion engined equivalents. Even with the lower operating costs, many people will have a hard time getting past that.

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