Filed under: Ferrari, Fiat, Lightweight
Ferrari has been making some moves towards making vehicles that emit less CO2 and use less fuel. Today, Reuters is reporting that Ferrari’s future (by 2012) will be one where the iconic red automobiles use 40 percent fuel and drop average CO2 emissions from 400 gm/km to 280-300. 300 grams per […]
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Filed under: Convertibles, Coupes, Government/Legal, Green, Supercars, Ferrari, Driving, FIAT
Ferrari may only produce about 6,000 supercars per year, but the Italian automaker still wants to help control global warming by reducing its CO2 emissions by 40-percet. That’s a substantial savings when one considers that Ferrari will need to reach their goal by sustaining and likely […]
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Filed under: Diesel, MPG, Fiat, European Union
Fifty-eight journalist from twenty-two countries around Europe have voted the Fiat 500 as “European Car of the Year 2008″ with 385 votes, ahead of the Mazda 2 (325 votes) and the Ford Mondeo (202). The cute subcompact was also in 57 of the 58 short lists and was voted […]
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Filed under: MPG, DaimlerChrysler, PSA, Legislation and Policy, Fiat
If new CO2 emissions limits do get enacted in the EU soon, the French and Italian automakers will be in the best position to meet them soonest. A new study of the largest automakers emissions in 2005 and 2006 showed that PSA/Peugeot-Citroen led the way last year […]
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Filed under: Manufacturing/Plants, BMW, DaimlerChrysler, Ford, GM, Honda, Mazda, PSA, Toyota, Volkswagen, Legislation and Policy, Fiat, Renault
Transport and Environment, an environmental group based in Brusses, launched a report last Thursay showing that the average CO2 emissions from new cars made by German manufacturers rose in 2006, while French and Italian automakers actually cut emissions from […]
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