The Environment

Toyota Named World’s Greenest Brand

July 30, 2011

In a not-unsurprising move, Toyota has been named the World’s Greenest Brand. Toyota continues to forge ahead with new technologies to reduce the amount of pollutants that our vehicles produce – not just when on the move but when being built too. The Interbrand report says that Toyota is “a leading example of making the [...]

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How Are Hybrids Doing?

September 7, 2009

Amazingly, more than two million Toyota hybrid models have been sold around the world since 1997, with more than 200,000 of them making their way to the UK. And who said that we don’t care about the environment? Perhaps what’s most impressive is the statistic that more than 11 million tonnes of CO2 less has [...]

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Nissan LEAF – Zero Emissions Coming Soon

August 3, 2009

Nissan has today unveiled LEAF, which is being sold as the “world’s first” affordable zero emissions car. It’s another lithium-ion (electric) car with a range of 100 miles and the size of a medium hatchback, so it can carry five adults in reasonable comfort. Here’s a quote from Nissan: “Nissan LEAF is a tremendous accomplishment [...]

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Car Tax Time Again…

July 20, 2009

So, the time of year has rolled around again when I must once again give some money to the government by paying my (painful, it always is) car tax. So, how is it this time around? It’s £96.25 for 6 months, or £175 for the year. This is for a car that emits 182 g/km [...]

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A Truly Sustainable Racer

May 7, 2009

The steering wheel is made from Carrots… powered by Waste Chocolate and Vegetable Oil… with Potatoes used to produce the bodywork… and it goes 125mph round corners! Following the recent turmoil in Formula 1 arising from the high costs of running competitive motor racing teams, and doubts in sponsors’ minds over the commercial value of [...]

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Some Green Driving Tips

November 9, 2008

Although the price of petrol has gone down, it’s still not exactly a cheap commodity (OPEC certainly sees to that). With that in mind, I thought I’d offer a very pared down, simple list of things you can do to be friendly on the planet, as well as your wallet. Buy a ‘green’ car No [...]

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Green Towns – At 15mph

March 25, 2008

The Daily Mirror reported on an exclusive story that is due to break a little later this week, namely that government plans for so-called ‘green towns’ will create through-fares for cars that will be running at 15 miles per hour. This will make some of Britain’s roads faster for cyclists than for cars. The 15mph [...]

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