Carbon

Five Reasons Buying a Hybrid Prius Won't Save the Planet

The 2012 Toyota Prius gets the best EPA-rated gas mileage--50 miles per gallon combined--of any non-plug-in car sold in the U.S. But the Prius hybrid sometimes gets a bad rap. At least some of it is due to the notorious (and very funny) South Park episode in which a deadly attack of Smug afflicts...

August 9, 2012 by John Voelcker 102

Electric Car Batteries Could Get Lighter Thanks To New Material

July 20, 2012 7

Many Ways For Volvo To Go Green And Save Gas, Says CEO

June 13, 2011

Want To Clean Up The Planet? Spay Your Pet, THEN Buy a Prius

April 5, 2011 1

What's a Few Hundred Condoms Between Friends? by Flickr user xmasons

Can Condoms Curb Climate Change Cheaper Than Low-Carbon Cars?

The Frankfurt Auto Show just wound up today, and most of the concept cars focus on lowering carbon dioxide emissions. Volkswagen, for instance, launched a two-seat "1-Liter"... March 28, 2011 by John Voelcker 22

Daimler And Japan’s Toray Form Carbon Fiber Joint Venture

Carbon fiber is seen by many in the auto industry as one of the most effective ways of reducing vehicle weight and thus improving fuel economy and emissions levels, but the... January 26, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran

GM Looks Local For $40M Carbon-Reduction Initiative

General Motors [NYSE: GM] stock might be up for initial public offering today under the same stock symbol as before, but the company is trying hard to show that it's not the... November 18, 2010 by Bengt Halvorson

Carbon Cop Cars To Go Green With BMW Clean Diesel Engines

Many European countries use BMW sedans as patrol and pursuit cars. Now, BMW says it will sell more than 240,000 engines to U.S. police-car startup Carbon Motors for that... March 23, 2010 by John Voelcker

BMW's Newest, Greenest Concept: Vision EfficientDynamics

BMW's legendary M series performance cars use big, brawny, turbocharged gasoline engines. The 2009 BMW M5, for example, has a 500-horsepower, 5.0-liter V-10. How many... August 29, 2009 by John Voelcker 1