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 [...]

Tesla Motors’ is not your ordinary car company. Just for starters, the Tesla Roadster Sport has a 0-60 of 3.7 seconds and a range of 240 miles. And it’s 100% electric. So, when it comes to dealerships, Tesla isn’t taking the traditional route. Like Apple, Tesla will own and operate its own shops. With only [...]

When the second generation smart fortwo electric drive comes stateside this fall, I’m predicting that there won’t be enough to go around. The first batch of the 2011 models—250 total—will be available for four-year leases of $599 a month.  80% of the smart electrics will go corporate, the rest will be available for individuals. The [...]

Here’s the facts: With an estimated 900 million vehicles on the road world wide and an expected 1.5 billion on the road worldwide by 2030, In addition road transport accounts for 18% of all carbon emissions, while all forms of transportation account for 24% of the total. To respond to this environmental challenge, MICHELIN employs [...]

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 [...]

Rio from the top of Sugar Loaf Mountain-photo by Holly Just returned from Rio for Michelin’s Challenge Bibendum, their 10th worldwide conference centered around sustainable road mobility. The Challenge, started in 1998, brings world players together including auto companies, equipment suppliers, energy providers and research centers with common goals; Reduce energy consumption of vehicles Protect [...]

“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 are thinking about vehicles for the world,” said Moe Durand, Manager of Product PR for Mitsubishi, explaining how the company is going beyond thinking whether a vehicle would be good for ‘this or that market’. Instead, they are talking about cars that appeal across the board. For instance, ‘Global Small’ is the name for [...]

Tesla Motors is making news again. Last week the company announced that it had gathered  $82.5 million in “Series F” funding to expand its stores in North America and Europe. During the Frankfurt Motor Show the 700th Tesla vehicle–an electric blue Roadster Sport–was delivered to Lennart Hennig, a German law student. Tesla has also delivered [...]

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. [...]