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The Best Green Cars and Technology From Michelin's 2010 Challenge Bibendum Show

French tire giant Michelin recently held its 10th Challenge Bibendum, this time in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event is a chance for Michelin to rally industry players around the flag of sustainable mobility and the future of the automobile. Here's me loo




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The Best Green Cars and Technology From Michelin's 2010 Challenge Bibendum Show (Slideshow)

This year, French tire giant Michelin (yes, the Michelin that made the tires on your car) held its 10th Challenge Bibendum event, this time in Rio de Janeiro. If you've never heard of this thing, don't kick yourself,




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Peak Palladium: Thieves are going after catalytic converters from hybrid cars

The rare metal is now worth US $1,700 an ounce.




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Are touchscreen displays a good idea in cars?

"If a touchscreen must be used, it should be embedded alongside a set of fixed, physical buttons that support muscle memory and single actions."




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Meet the one city in America where cars have been banned since 1898

When cars first began appearing in the late 19th century, some cities moved to ban them -- but there is still one place in the US that has yet to change its mind.




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Google cars will stick it to the man

I, for one, welcome the arrival of soft and sticky google cars.




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Google Street View cars turned into gas leak detectors

A fleet of the cars mapped methane leaks in three major cities and the results aren't good.




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Lyft launches 'Green Mode,' allows users to request electric cars

The rollout starts in Seattle, then more broadly.




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Why do electric cars look just like.... cars?

Why doesn't form follow function?




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Gas car sales are down in China, EU, US. Electric cars to blame.

Now, if only we could get US drivers out of their trucks.




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Why aren't North Americans buying electric cars?

Price is no longer the main obstacle. Lack of understanding might be.




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Why electric cars won't save us: There are not enough resources to build them

British scientists do the math and find that we come up short for cobalt, lithium and copper.




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Electric cars are taking over

As prices drop and range increases, more and more people are going electric.




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Electric cars are sucking up all the air in the room

Or, once again, why electric cars [on their own] won't save us.




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Tesla wins battle to sell its electric cars in Maryland, but more fights are coming...

Thanks to an exception for "electric or non-fossil-fuel-burning vehicles". Maybe all other states could do that so that other EV makers don't have to face what Tesla is facing?




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Electric cars growing 100% every year (graphs)

Actually, a bit more than 100%.




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Hybrid-Electric Cars: How They Work, Battery Technology and More

Ed. note: This is now the fifth post in the Green Basics series of posts that TreeHugger is writing to provide basic information about important ideas, materials and technologies for new greenies (or those who just need a quick refresher). Read on and




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Electric Cars and Vehicles: Who Killed 'Em, New Batteries and More

Ed. note: We're now up to the sixth post in the Green Basics series of posts that TreeHugger is writing to provide basic information about important ideas, materials and technologies for new greenies (or those who just need a quick refresher). Read on




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Why throw subsidies at electric cars when 48 percent of trips are less than 3 miles?

A new study shows that there is some seriously low-hanging fruit here that would deliver more bang for the buck.




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How will we ever get people out of cars?

Researchers looking at the question come up with some good ideas.




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Passivhaus Trust announces nominees for ‘the Oscars for building performance'

Let's hope that unlike the Oscars, they make the right choices and open the right envelopes.




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Why should autonomous vehicles look like cars? Why not hotel rooms?

The Autonomous Hotel Room from Aprilli Design Studio raises some interesting questions.




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Why we need fewer, smaller, lighter, slower cars: Plastic particulates from tire wear are being found in the Arctic

This problem gets worse as cars get bigger and heavier, no matter what they are powered by.




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How cars have squeezed pedestrians off the streets and made it almost impossible to walk

A before and after photo of Lexington Avenue tells the story.




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Surprise! Zipcar Users Feel Less Ownership of the Cars They Use

A new study suggests Zipcar users are less inclined to look after vehicles, and don't trust their fellow users. What does that mean for collaborative consumption?




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You can see Tesla's shop on the KuDamm, but not the cars: where is Germany's incentive program?

Tesla's new boutique shop on Berlin's famous KuDamm beckons, but where is Germany's national strategy for electric cars?




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Electric cars alone won't save us, says new UK parliamentary report; get a bike instead

It calls for more support of bikes, walking and transit, banning ICE-powered cars sooner.




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Hyundai introduces flying Ubers, rolling toaster-cars

I can't wait for this exciting new world of urban mobility.




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Why we need fewer, smaller, lighter, slower cars: particulate pollution from brake wear is giving us "London Throat"

Got a froggy "city throat"? It might be from metal particles emitted from braking cars and trucks.




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Tesla CEO Predicts More Than Half of New Cars to be Electric in 20 Years

It usually doesn't pay to bet against Elon Musk. He's not only brilliant and he never gives up, but he's also shown great insight into technological trends.




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Are gas furnaces and boilers the new diesel cars?

The age of diesel and petrol cars is ending. It’s time to do the same for fossil fuel heating.




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Why do cars have so many cupholders?

The Convenience Industrial Complex makes it so easy to just keep sipping while you drive.




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Two very different visions of how cars fit in the city of the future

In London: get rid of cars. In New York: get rid of people.




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How Ghent got rid of cars and transformed the city in a decade

Why can't we do this in North America?




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Why electric cars won't save us: It takes years to pay off the upfront carbon emissions

This is not an attack on electric cars; it's a rage against all cars.




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Yet another study confirms that drivers of expensive cars are more likely to ignore pedestrians

Nevada study finds that every thousand bucks of added value decreases the odds of yielding to pedestrians by three percent.




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What do we do about cars, climate and coronavirus?

If we are going to keep to 1.5 degrees we have to decide: Cars to drive or a planet to live in?










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Cars could go completely driverless 'very soon,' says CEO of Chinese autonomous driving tech start-up

Currently, most regulations across various cities in China still require the presence of a safety driver in vehicles.




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Electric cars take the spotlight in China's post-coronavirus stimulus plans

Jing Yang, director of corporate research at Fitch Ratings, expects electric vehicles to outperform an overall slump in China's car sales this year given strong policy support.




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Economic scars will remain for EU after coronavirus, official says

EU Economic Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni discusses the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic across the euro zone.




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GST Update: ITC admissibility on demo cars and various ancillary issues

GST law was introduced with the objective of seamless flow of input tax credit but on actual implementation of CGST Act, 2017, admissibility of input tax credit has been restricted subject to provisions contained in section 17(5) of the CGST Act, 2017. The input tax credit on motor vehicles was disp






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Column: Scars at Beltane

Clio Ajana writes about the scars the pandemic is leaving with us - and how they may presage growth in the time to come.

Continue reading Column: Scars at Beltane at The Wild Hunt.