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BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 20, 2010 (ENS) - EU transport ministers have agreed to gradually lift flight restrictions beginning this morning without waiting for the cloud of ash from a volcano in Iceland to disperse completely. Air traffic has ground to a halt across northern Europe since the Eyjafjall...
Solar Impulse, the solar powered plane that a Swiss team hopes to fly around the world, soared to an altitude of 5,500 feet during its 1 ½ hour test flight yesterday. After touching back down at a military airfield, project leader Betrand Piccard and his team had a champagne celebration to ma...
LONDON, UK, March 29, 2020 (ENS) - The international body governing the shipping industry has approved rules to limit air pollution from large ships in most U.S. and Canadian waters. The rules will apply to container and cargo ships, oil tankers, and large cruise ships flying any and all flags.
Following the British Government's decision to cancel their subsidy of biofuel in April, one of the largest distributors of the specialty fuel announced that they would cease to do so. Morrisons, a popular supermarket chain that offers the B30 biofuel blend, announced that it will be closing down di...
In a filing with the Security and Exchanges commission last week, California start-up Tesla Motors announced that it would be discontinuing production of its all-electric Roadster sports car sometime next year. The $100,000 plus two seater is Tesla's only production model, which Tesla says it will n...
Rumors from Greentech Media say that Tesla co-founder Martin Eberhard may have found a new job working for Volkswagen. The German company, which displayed an electric super car concept in the Audi E-Tron, has a storied history with electric cars. Months ago, Audi CEO Johan de Nysschen publicly calle...
In the face of the looming fleet fuel efficiency standards, the Obama administration seems to be tossing a life preserver to struggling automakers trying to hit an average fuel economy of 30.2 MPG. President Obama is proposing that all-electric vehicles count double toward vehicle fuel efficiency st...
Fisker Automotive held a giant rally to celebrate the reopening of the Boxwood plant in Wilmington, Delaware. This plant, which was one of a few GM plants that was built specifically to export cars, falls in line with Fisker's business model of exporting more than half the cars they produce. Under G...
WASHINGTON, DC, October 16, 2009 (ENS) – The Toyota Prius hybrid leads the 2010 model cars in fuel efficiency with 51 miles per gallon on the highway and 48 mpg in city driving conditions, according to the latest federal government ratings for fuel efficiency.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agenc...
NEW YORK, New York, October 16, 2009 (ENS) - To help limit climate change, the international air transport industry has made a commitment to cut its carbon emissions in half by 2050, compared to 2005 levels.
In addition, the airlines have pledged to improve fuel efficiency by an average of 1.5 perce...
