Renault Clio as an innovation to include a version with a gasoline engine that supports the variant of bioethanol E85, with a combined cycle consumption of 5.9 litres/100 km and CO2 emissions do not exceed the 139 g / km. This version is included in the agenda Renault eco2. It also has three basic requirements: one that emits less than 140 g / km of CO2, two, that certify to ISO 14001 and three, the car is recyclable by 95 %. (more...)
According to company data Cryogen International, the world's hydrogen production in 2007 amounted to 12,000,000,000,000 cubic feet standard. From all this impressive array, 90% is for domestic consumption of the very company that gets it.
Hydrogen is used not only for automobiles, since much of the production is used to make ammonia for fertilizer, where just the other half is used (almost exclusively) in petroleum refining (hydrocracking) order to obtain the coveted liquid fuels used in existing vehicles. (more...)
Thanks to the low emissions engine that has the Ford, the ECOnetic, has managed to secure a prize in Germany, called OekoGlobe 2008. The site chosen for this award was given Devk in Cologne, a German city.
This occurred because Ford has incorporated into its models an excellent diesel engine, such as the Mondeo is: a 2000 TDCi with an output of 115 hp. Its consumption is 5.2 liters / 100 km and CO2 emissions reach the 139 g / km. For the Fiesta, reaches 98 g / km and the Focus of 115 g / km. The first model to incorporate this engine was the Focus, where he was later followed by the Mondeo and Fiesta. Read the rest of this entry »
The theme of this newly emerging alternative fuels in the U.S., which brings them (for being late) several problems, since the vehicles using petrol with 10% ethanol, has several very serious problems. This happens because the hoses, gaskets, seals and filters are finished burning, and this seriously undermines the vehicle engine.
The fuel is called E10 and there consume the vast majority of American cars, making it difficult to roll your system by now. Read the rest of this entry »
Mitsubishi does not stop, and continues to introduce, (in all countries of the world) to its new model electric. Now New Zealand is the place where the i-MiEV is marketed, where so your input is appreciated by the widest possible audience, the company has advertised the same in the YouTube video portal, and presented the benefits of it.
The arrival in New Zealand, will give the new Mitsubishi more likely to have a promising future, as this is a good market for the same start to their scale of growth. No data on the number of models that you plan to sell the firm, but it is possible that this number is quite high. Read the rest of this entry »
