http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/shared/handlers/rsshandler.ashx?N=528+529&Ns=P_Publication_Date|1CAR Online | Green cars | Green news RSS Feed(c) 2013, Bauer Media. All rights reserved.30One of the major drawbacks of electric cars is the lack of national recharging networks. Run out of juice on a journey and most locals will be loathe to let you plug into their mains – especially with energy prices...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Portugal-announces-electric-car-recharging-network/Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:26:00 GMTGreen carsNo, it’s not a Norfolk-based competition to grow the tallest rose varieties. Lotus Engineering is developing a Honda Civic Hybrid for stage rallying and circuit racing. Yes, you read that right. Hold on! Lotus is racing a Honda hybrid?  It...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Lotus-goes-Honda-hybrid-racing/Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:46:00 GMTGreen carsLotus is joining forces with Queen’s University Belfast and Jaguar to develop Omnivore, a revolutionary new multi-fuel combustion engine with significantly enhanced thermal efficiency when running on any combination of alcohols and gasoline. What's this new Lotus engine about? Sponsored...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Lotus-and-Jaguar-to-develop-new-multi-fuel-engine/Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:14:00 GMTGreen carsHonda has cast its environmental eye on to its dealerships. Its latest showroom - Inchcape Honda in Romford, Essex – uses recycled rainwater, ground source heating pumps and solar power to slash its energy bill by 30 percent compared to standard...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Honda-green-dealer/Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:06:00 GMTGreen carsPeugeot has launched its Blue Lion standard, the French company’s answer to the Bluemotions, iBlues and EfficientDynamics of this eco-aware world. The Blue Lion standard is here to help Peugeot's customers identify its, err, greener cars. Only cars that produce less...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Peugeot-launches-Blue-Lion-eco-standard/Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:35:00 GMTGreen carsBMW has Efficient Dynamics, Mercedes has BlueEfficiency and Audi has… what? On the surface, Audi seems to have missed the green boat entirely, having not created an eco-brand to act as an environmentally friendly halo for its mainstream range. Audi...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Audi-wont-launch-its-own-eco-sub-brand/Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:42:00 GMTGreen carsCitroen today unveiled its new eco branding: its cleanest models will wear the Airdream badge. The company claims that 50 models in its range meet the clean-fuel criteria to qualify for the Airdream tag: • CO2 emissions of less than...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Citroen-unveils-new-eco-branding/Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:42:00 GMTGreen carsThe UK's £25 congestion charge is no more following a consent order that legally brings a formal end to any court proceedings between Porsche, Transport for London and the London mayor. In his pre-election plans Boris Johnson had always stood...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/25-congestion-charge-scrapped/Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:30:00 GMTGreen carsRemember Volkswagen's 'one-litre' car, capable of one litre per 100km, or a scarcely credible 282mpg? Well VW has approved top-secret plans to build the limited-edition fuel miser in 2010, CAR Online can reveal. The tiny, grey cigar-shaped curiosity was a...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/VW-to-relaunch-one-litre-eco-car/Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:52:00 GMTGreen carsLotus Engineering has won a contract to develop two low-carbon vehicles – a large luxury hybrid executive saloon called Limo-Green and a zero-emission London Taxi – as part of a £52m raft of green projects initiated by the government’s Technology...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Lotus-And-Caparo-Join-Forces-To-Develop-52m-Jaguar-Hybrid/Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:30:00 GMTGreen carsAn organisation in Finland is looking to make an electric car out of the greenest vehicle on the road: yours. Working on the basis that the most environmentally acceptable car is the one that’s already been built, the Electric Car...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Finnish-electric-scheme/Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:30:00 GMTGreen carsAdvanced engineering wrapped in ‘aquatic’ styling made the Mercedes F700 concept car one of the stars of the Frankfurt motor show in September 2007, and CAR has been itching to put its technologies to the test ever since. Flip-over, cork-faced...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Drives/Mercedes-F700-concept-CAR-review/Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:16:00 GMTGreen carsLotus will find out this month if its bid to become Britain’s cleanest car maker has been successful. Lotus and green fuel specialist Ecotricity plan to erect three wind turbines to supply all the company’s electricity needs – and make...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Lotus-plans-to-be-greenest-car-maker/Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:44:00 GMTGreen carsHonda CEO Takeo Fukui today confirmed Honda's plans to build an expanded range of hybrid petrol-electric cars, including a new affordable model and a sports coupe based on the CR-Z concept. It's a signal that Honda won't let Toyota rule...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Honda-confirms-hybrid-electric-car-plans/Wed, 21 May 2008 10:05:00 GMTGreen carsThe £25 London congestion charge for gas guzzlers is likely to be scrapped within the next few weeks, CAR Online has learned. A spokesman for Transport for London (TfL) said it ‘wasn’t expecting to implement’ previous mayor Ken Livingstone’s proposed...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/TfL-We-wont-launch-25-C-charge/Wed, 14 May 2008 18:04:00 GMTGreen carsNissan is only two years away from launching its first electric car – and there will soon be a full family of battery-powered models, boss Carlos Ghosn revealed today. Forget milk floats or crazy concepts like the Pivo 2 (pictured...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Nissan-plans-electric-car-family-/Fri, 02 May 2008 11:41:00 GMTGreen carsTransport for London has been quick to deny reports that the new £25 congestion charge will actually increase CO2 emissions. Porsche had unearthed a report for the Mayor and TfL that showed a projected 182,000 tonne increase in CO2 in...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Porsche-contests-TfL-CO2-claims/Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:51:00 GMTGreen carsSwitching company cars to greener, 120g/km CO2 emitting alternatives could save the UK and its businesses a mighty £3 billion each year, new research shows. The Energy Savings Trust has calculated the figure as part of a drive to encourage...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Going-green-saves-fleets-3bn/Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:13:00 GMTGreen carsPorsche has officially filed a judicial review challenge against the London congestion charge increase. It follows TfL and the London mayor’s rejection of Porsche’s request for changes to the proposed £25-a-day charge. London mayor Ken Livingstone and TfL will now have...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Porsche-files-for-judicial-review/Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:14:00 GMTGreen carsThe mission of Mitsubishi’s iFamily is to find out whether city-dwelling American and European buyers want a small, cute (and we’d guess cheap) car – and whether they want an electric model. The 'i' has been on sale in Japan...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Motor-show--events/Other-shows/Mitsubishis-iFamily/Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:09:00 GMTGreen carsWe have one question as Dave Schiavone, product manager for Escalade takes CAR for exclusive drive in the new Escalade Hybrid. Why? In fact, why oh why? Surely anyone who cares about the environment or wants improved mpg will simply buy...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Why-the-Cadillac-Escalade-Hybrid-must-exist-by-GM/Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:06:00 GMTGreen carsPorsche is on a collision course with the authorities planning London’s proposed £25-a-day congestion charge – and it emerged today that the two parties could end up in court. Lawyers acting for TfL and the mayor’s office have rejected the...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Mayor-of-London-rejects-Porsches-CO2-claims/Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:23:00 GMTGreen carsThe European Union’s proposed fines for carmakers who break its tough CO2 limits have already killed off a new Calibra, GM’s car guru Bob Lutz told CAR Online. General Motors is working on a new, small rear-wheel drive platform. It...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Opel-cans-Calibra-Mk2/Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:21:00 GMTGreen carsThe launch of the Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid could be delayed by at least a year, GM has hinted.  It showed the latest version of the radical E-flex plug-in hybrid technology that will underpin the Volt in the Cadillac Provoq...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/GMs-hybrid-launch-delayed/Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:10:00 GMTGreen carsA third of Britons plan to be greener in 2008, a new survey claims. Honda reckons that the extreme flooding that blighted many parts of the UK last year has prompted more people to take a bigger interest in environmental...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Brits-pledge-to-be-greener-in-2008/Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:02:00 GMTGreen carsManufacturers like Land Rover claim to offset the CO2 from so-called gas guzzlers. But is this just PR posturing – or a credible attempt to cancel out the damage from their cars’ greenhouse gases? These CO2 offset programmes are all...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Land-Rovers-CO2-offset-does-it-work/Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:26:00 GMTGreen carsSchwarzenegger polishing his green credentials with a Blue? Very funny. Yes, he said he’d be back, but rather than hurtling after baddies in a Hummer, Arnold Schwarzenegger came over all green this afternoon when he checked out Volkswagen’s innovative Space...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Schwarzenegger-goes-green-in-VWs-Blue/Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:30:00 GMTGreen carsWhat’s this oddly attractive thing? Former Aston Martin designer Henrik Fisker is working on a turn-key hybrid sports car that will make its public debut at next year’s Detroit motor show in January. Fisker Coachbuild has hooked up with Quantum...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Fisker-Hybrid/Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:15:00 GMTGreen carsMerc's new E-class arrives in 2009, and should be very, very clean. Merc's Bluetec technology, which squirts urea (basically the toxins found in your pee) into the exhaust to cut NOx emissions dramatically, should be available on all its diesels....http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Mercedes-new-E-class-scooped/Tue, 09 Oct 2007 10:39:00 GMTGreen carsA new report today exposes the real green cars - and there's not a hybrid in sight in the top 10, according to researchers at Cardiff University. Conventionally engined superminis dominate the top ranks. The scientists gave half their score...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Eco-cars-named-and-shamed/Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:19:00 GMTGreen carsCar manufacturers will be tripping over themselves to look leaner and greener at next month’s Frankfurt Motor Show. Today Ford throws its hat into the ring with the Focus ECOnetic. Usually when a car manufacturer announces lowered suspension and an...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Ford-Focus-ECOnetic/Tue, 28 Aug 2007 05:52:00 GMTGreen carsTransport for London today proposed a far-reaching shake-up of the capital's Congestion Charge, linking a new incremental system to a car’s C02 outputs and axeing the automatic hybrid advantage. Models that emit 120g/km or less will be exempt from the...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Hybrids-suffer-in-new-Congestion-Charge/Wed, 08 Aug 2007 06:45:00 GMTGreen carsLand Rover is giving more of its customers the opportunity to tick the ‘guilt reduction’ box on the options list of their 4x4s by extending its carbon offsetting scheme. In September 2006, Land Rover introduced a scheme to let new-car...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Land-Rover-offsets-CO2/Mon, 06 Aug 2007 11:45:00 GMTGreen carsVolkswagen has just released details of a concept car that should take it back to its ‘people’s car’ roots. Dubbed City Expert, it will be shown at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. VW will also show the production Tiguan...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/VW-City-Expert/Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:31:00 GMTGreen carsPorsche's new Cayenne hybrid due in 2009 will top the UK speed limit on electrical power alone and average 32mpg, CAR Online has learned. Most hybrids, like the Toyota Prius, struggle to top 15mph on battery power, making the petrol-electric...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Porsche-announces-hybrid-details/Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:57:00 GMTGreen carsGeneral Motors will unveil a European concept car built on its radical new E-Flex platform at September’s Frankfurt Motor Show. The concept will feature radical styling, with a diesel engine acting as a generator for the concept’s electric motor. And...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/GMs-eco-concept/Tue, 03 Jul 2007 07:17:00 GMTGreen carsPorsche's next Cayenne and Panamera saloon will get petrol-electric hybrid engines, CAR Online can confirm, as the firm strives to reduce CO2 emissions. The sports car maker has gone on the attack, with tough new European Union guidelines on carbon...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Porsche-hits-out-on-CO2/Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:30:00 GMTGreen carsThe government has announced the framework for its plans to increase the use of biofuels in the UK. Secretary for transport, Douglas Alexander, yesterday launched a consultation for the Government’s plan to encourage more motorists to use sustainable fuels, such...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/UK-Government-backs-biofuels/Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:27:00 GMTGreen carsMitsubishi i: the electric era looms Mitsubishi’s first fully electric car slated for mid-2010 release in Japan will be the i city car – and UK bosses are secretly preparing to launch it here by early 2011. A research vehicle...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Mitsubishi-i-goes-electric/Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:53:00 GMTGreen carsThe chairman of Bosch's automotive group - the world's biggest supplier to the car industry - today crushed any hope that hybrids could become a major tool to cut CO2 emissions in Europe. Dr Bernd Bohr told CAR Online that...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Hybrids-just-a-stepping-stone/Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:13:00 GMTGreen carsToyota, and its luxury arm Lexus, have notched up more than a million hybrid sales. First launched in Japan in 1997, the Prius has racked-up 758,000 sales internationally, 13,826 of them in the UK. And a third of the 1,047,000...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Toytotas-hybrid-sales-top-one-million/Fri, 08 Jun 2007 13:16:00 GMTGreen carsVauxhall is offering a hefty £1000 discount off your new car if you agree to scrap your old one. The incentive applies to all makes of trade-in, but only if you’re buying one of Vauxhall’s most efficient Corsa, Astra, Meriva...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Vauxhalls-World-Environment-Day-Initiative/Tue, 05 Jun 2007 07:43:00 GMTGreen carsThe olde-worlde 75 reborn as a hybrid? Whatever next… Amidst the confusion about Chinese MGs and Rovers, would-be partner to the Longbridge company, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) has quietly revealed an innovative petrol/electric hybrid version of the model formerly...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Rover-75-reborn-as-a-hybrid/Sun, 03 Jun 2007 03:34:00 GMTGreen carsLexus claims its new LS600h hybrid will return 29.7mpg – despite having 444bhp on tap. The company has announced new details of its flagship hybrid, which gets a European premiere at September's Paris motor show. Lexus claims that the petrol/electric...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Lexus-readies-hybrid-LS-with-V12-grunt-V6-economy/Sun, 03 Jun 2007 03:34:00 GMTGreen carsThe European Commission today confirmed plans to force car makers to cut tailpipe emissions by 18 percent over the next five years. As exclusively predicted by CAR Online last month, the EC is proposing an average CO2 limit of 130g/km...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Emissions-crackdown-confirmed/Sun, 03 Jun 2007 03:32:00 GMTGreen carsBP customers can now pay around £20 a year to offset the carbon dioxide emitted by their cars. The oil company announced the Target Neutral scheme today (Wednesday 23). BP claims it wants to help offset the 22 percent of...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/BP-goes-green-with-emissions-trading-scheme/Sun, 03 Jun 2007 02:59:00 GMTGreen carsBP customers can now pay around £20 a year to offset the carbon dioxide emitted by their cars. The oil company announced the Target Neutral scheme today (Wednesday 23). BP claims it wants to help offset the 22 percent of...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/BP-goes-green-with-emissions-trading-scheme/Sun, 03 Jun 2007 02:59:00 GMTGreen carsThe Tesla Roadster. We’ve seen this before, but what is it again? Tesla is Silicon Valley start-up company pioneering this radical electric sports car, the Tesla Roadster. It’s entirely battery-powered, and the motor delivers the equivalent of 248bhp – enough...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Tesla-Roadster-scooped/Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:02:00 GMTGreen carsEvery performance car, MPV and large saloon on sale today is under threat from proposed legislation limiting CO2 emissions to an average of 120g/km by 2012, CAR Online has learned. EU environment commissioner Stavros Dimas is expected to announce the...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Compulsory-emissions-laws-leaked-to-CAR-Online/Tue, 23 Jan 2007 05:53:00 GMTGreen carsLand Rover is slapping a green tax on sales of its 4x4s, which will build up millions to be invested in global ecological schemes like wind farms and Indian cooking stoves that use renewable fuels. Customers will pay between £85...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Green-Cars/Search-Results/Green-News/Land-Rovers-green-blitz/Sun, 30 Jul 2006 12:25:00 GMTGreen cars