New Eco-Route ESP Module From Garmin Helps Saving Fuel
16 November 2009 | Green Technology | No Comments
With all this eco talk taking place all over the world, the need for some fast and easy solution for the environment is great. We know that all the fuel powered vehicles produce vast amounts of pollution in the air, even with all the emission standards and regulations practiced all over the globe and that they should be replaced soon by a more environmentally-friendly ones, like the electric cars. But until then, most of us must stick to the petroleum based fuel cars and try to make them as “green” as possible. Well, a little help comes from Garmin, which has created a new module for their nuvi line of GPS equipments to devise a new route, that is not the shortest, nor the fastest, but the greenest.
Samsung – Major $4,3B Eco-Investment
30 July 2009 | Green News | 3 Comments
Eco, Eco, everybody Eco ! A green revolution is taking place ! It seems they can’t get enough of it. Another major Korean electronics company, Samsung, is ready to do a major $4,3 billion (5.4 trillion Korean won) eco-investment into more environmentally-friendly, energy-efficient products for company’s plans to reduce carbon gas emissions in the production section, by 2013, Samsung officials announced last week.
Green Car Made Of Potatoes and Cashew Shells runs 150Mph
26 July 2009 | Green Cars | No Comments
Even if it sounds impossible at first, there are cars in existence today that defy common conceptions. Eco One, the car seen in the picture, has tyres made of potatoes and brake pads out of ground cashew shells. The car body is compressed of hemp and rapeseed oil. Also, this “green wonder” is running on fuel created from wheat and sugar beet.
Exxon To Invest $600M Into Algae-Based Biofuels
15 July 2009 | Green News | 3 Comments
Finally some green tendencies from oil companies. Despite opposing for years the idea of renewable energy, the oil giant Exxon Mobile Corporation, with a 2008 revenue of $442.9 billion and the distinction of “the most profitable company in the world” acquireing $45.2 billion last year, announced a $600M “injection” into algae-based biofuel research.
Racing goes environmentally friendly
30 June 2009 | Green Cars | 1 Comment
Racing doesn’t always have to be about the first car to reach the finish line. In an attempt to promote more green and fuel-efficient technologies, some auto races today prize those cars that have the best results in the “green” department. It means that more and more races will also be judged after the energy efficiency or greenhouse-gas emissions of the racing cars.
The Green Racing Initiave is a group that deals just with that: using the motor sport competitions (because of it’s rapid change in high-tech technologies using) to haste the development of more efficient and cleaner vehicles to latter be used in the public domain. First founded in 2006, they marked their first success at the American Le Mans Series, in October 2008.