The wildly popular Velib, Paris’ rental system for bicycles, is expanding. But, I’m not talking about two-wheelers. The city plans to launch the world’s largest electric car access scheme in September of next year. The program, Autolib ( auto liberty), has the goal of cutting down on car ownership, traffic and pollution. With the Veil [...]

My closing line in the other day’s post was, “So, what’s sexy about all of this?” I’ll say it right out…sustainability is sexy…the more we know about the environment and how we can take steps to improve our quality of life, the more intelligent we are. Is that sexy? Yes! Below, some facts about MICHELIN [...]

“We are thinking about vehicles for the world,” said Moe Durand, Manager of Product PR for Mitsubishi, in a recent conversation. In this interview (and yesterdays), I asked him some questions about where Mitsubishi is headed. How are you using social media? Our Lancer sells typically to a 38-year old so we need to get [...]

“We love our engine so much we stamped Bentley on the screws,” explained Brian Gush, Bentley’s Director of Chassis, Powertrain & Motorsports, as we were looking under the hood of the 2010 Bentley Continental Supersports. “Frankly, we feel that a brake caliper should look good,” he added. “Even a mechanic working on this car should [...]

Bentley’s magic pairing of gas and biofuel in the 2010 Continental Supersports is a first for Bentley. It’s also a first for FlexFuel technology in the luxury market. A game changer? You bet. “When we were looking at creating this car we announced our environmental pledge to reduce emission across the Bentley line by 15% [...]

New York City is growing greener. This week Mayor Bloomberg  announced three new developments in the City’s use of alternative fuel vehicles. The greening of NYC through PlaNYC’s plans to reduce the amount of carbon emitted by municipal government 30 percent by 2017 and the entire City’s carbon emissions 30 percent by the year 2030. [...]

Mayor Bloomberg accepts a fleet of Mini E’s from BMW Group Yesterday, the BMW Group presented a fleet of 10 zero-emission, battery-powered MINI E vehicles to NYC. Eight of them will be used in NYC’s Street Condition Observation Unit, known as SCOUT, the remaining two have been designated for the NYC Parks Department for special [...]

Nissan’s LEAF is slated for launch in late 2010. For more info on this visit: nissan-zeroemission.com and twitter.com/NissanEVs

BMW is pulling out of Formula One at the end of this season, the company announced yesterday. Although it will remain involved in auto racing, BMW wants to use is its healthy F1 budget to advance “sustainability and environmental compatibility.” Why not? Times are changing and BMW is willing to look in new directions. While [...]

Occasionally I hit upon a story that has emotional appeal. This one is about rebirth; creating jobs, rebuilding a plant that was falling down and building fuel-friendly green cars. It started with a significant investment by Texas billionaire T. Boone Pickens, the San Diego based car maker V-Vehicle Co. and a retired GM plant in [...]