2011 July 29

Toyota has been named as the ‘World’s Greenest Brand’, in a new global survey from international brand consultancy Interbrand. The result is determined through both the firm’s environmental performance and the the public’s perception of the brand in terms of sustainability, to outline a ‘green pro[...]

Peugeot’s pioneering flexible hire scheme which allows customer to rent anything from a electric bicycle, scooter, car, vehicle accessory or van is now to extend beyond its pilot programme and appear at Peugeot dealers across the UK. Initially trialled at Chiswick, London and Temple Gate, Bristol[...]

A new initiative from business news publishers CNBC and Harvard Business Review (HBR) has been exploring smart energy use and future energy solutions, debating the important issues via a new website called Energy Opportunities. It’s designed to be a global brainstorm, with events in London, Dalian[...]

Think of the Ford F-Series Super Duty product line and you wouldn’t normally think green – however, that may all be about to change after an agreement was reached with Azure Dynamics Corporation. The company has entered an agreement with Ford to integrate its plug-in hybrid vehicle technology int[...]

Lightning Motorcycles, the maker of the world’s fastest production electric motorcycle, has reached an agreement with Ener1 Inc for lithium-ion battery cells. The Ener1 battery cells are designed for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and will now be used in the Lightning SuperBike. In addition, En[...]

It seems that solar power is the hot topic among the green car industry – with General Motors the latest to make a huge investment in the technology. General Motors Ventures LLC will pour $7.5million into Sunlogics PLC, which is a Michigan-based integrated global solar energy systems provider tha[...]