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Paul McCartney’s Lexus: a drop in the ocean
If you’re a car company keen to boost your green credentials, what better way to reward a high-profile advocate than with a shiny new eco-car?
Unfortunately, it’s not such a great idea if the car in question is a 21mpg limousine, and it arrives on a plane all the way from Tokyo.
Lotus Low CO2 car – good idea, dull name
Most people probably feel a frisson of excitement at the prospect of buckling themselves up in a Lotus and turning the ignition key, but not every one of the Norfolk-based company’s projects is a tyre-shredding sports rocket.
Gas-guzzlers bear Budget’s brunt
You could almost hear a collective sigh of relief this morning, as the nation’s put-upon motorists awoke to news that April’s 2p hike in fuel duty was on hold for six months.
Emission you already
Petrolheads might remember Vauxhall’s Calibra coupe with some fondness. Quick and sleek, it was a huge success for the company in the early 1990s, until discontinued in the face of newer competition in 1997.
Mini cleans up in emissions table
Mini is the car to have made the biggest strides in cutting CO2 emissions over the last year, according to a new comparison table.
Congestion charge: emission impossible?
Hot on the heels of our recent question as to whether the packaging counts as part of the product, another tough green conundrum – how much CO2 do you have to save before you can call yourself a green tax?
A greener type of stop-start motoring
Car magazine reports that the first Minis with stop-start engine systems are arriving in UK dealers. There’s no obvious mention on Mini’s UK website, which is a shame given the technology’s potential importance.
Self-checking tyres
Thanks to a spate of recent publicity, including a high-profile TV ad campaign, we all know that saggy tyres mean fewer miles per gallon.
Missing the target? Make the target come to you
There’s a story in today’s Guardian that the UK “has no hope of getting remotely near” the European Union renewable energy target signed up to in the Spring. Apparently, we won’t even get half way to sourcing a fifth of our energy from renewables by 2020.
Wind of change blowing through old homes?
Amid all the hype over new “eco-towns” and carbon-neutral building, the fact that we’re stuck with a lot of old, distinctly leaky housing stock seems sometimes to be forgotten.
