Posts tagged Automakers
Automakers Urge NASCAR To Switch To Renewable Fuels
Mar 3rd
Automakers Urge NASCAR To Switch To Renewable Fuels
Write-up by Lauren Woods
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Brent Dewar, Common Motors’ vice president of subject product sales, along with other automakers, is urging the National Association for Stock Vehicle Car Racing (NASCAR) to swap from gasoline to ethanol and other renewable fuels.
Dewar, although functioning for GM in Brazil in the 1990s, has witnessed a effective transformation of an oil-reliant economy to ethanol. As these, he intends to see the very same transformation occur in the United States. With that in head, Dewar thinks that NASCAR can give a More >
ABB Japan Orders Braintech Software for Two Japanese Automakers
Feb 11th
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Vancouver, BC (PRWEB) July 27, 2005
Braintech Inc. (OTCBB: BRHI), a leading provider of vision guided robotic, (ÂÂVGRÂÂ) software answers, introduced these days that it has received two separate orders every single for two related eVisionFactoryÂÂ (eVFÂÂ) remedies from strategic spouse ABB, for two Japanese automakers. The eVF solutions are the key ingredient to this new application of TrueViewÂÂ vision advice for seam sealing.
TrueView VGR, combining ABB robots and BraintechÂÂs eVF software program has liberated manufacturing from the limitations of fixtured automation. In the case of these seam sealer methods, an ABB robot utilizes eVF vision to place the More >
The Robb Report Collection’s April “Green Machines” Issue Spotlights Luxury Automakers Leading the Transition to Alternative Fuel
Dec 17th
New York, NY (PRWEB) March 16, 2007
Editors at The Robb Report Collection have announced the debut of their first annual âgreenâ issue. Aprilâs âGreen Machinesâ special edition showcases more than 20 luxury concept and consumer cars from some of the auto industryâs biggest names. These select companies are leading the charge in innovating eco-minded fueling technologies.
The featured cars include: Audi Q7 V-12 Turbodiesel Concept, BMW Hydrogen 7, Cyclone Energy Infused H2 Hummer, Lexus LS 600h L, Lotus Exige 265 E, Mercedes-Benz E320 Bluetec, Tesla Roadster, TLC Icon Biodiesel, Toyota FT-HS concept, Solar Electric Toyota Prius and Chevrolet Sequel.
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Automakers Let you Push That Green Button
Sep 5th
Automakers Let you Push That Green Button
Not all cars are environmentally equal. Tailpipe emissions and fuel economy vary not just between different vehicles but with same type as well. Moreover, the choice of vehicle is a significant factor in making the air clean and fresh. With the aim of promoting clean air, automakers are now adept in making customers push their green button in favor of eco-friendly cars.
There is a wide variety of options surrounding the purchase of green vehicles. As a fact, there are advanced vehicle offers that produce the paramount environmental beneficial benefits. Automakers have conducted More >
Q&A: Before we bail out the automakers shouldn’t the U.S. Congress mandate a G.E.M. Flex green vehicle strategy? ?
Aug 24th
Question by Wrenched: Before we bail out the automakers shouldn’t the U.S. Congress mandate a G.E.M. Flex green vehicle strategy? ? In the Chicago Tribune (Obama’s Home Town Paper?) we read:
Food vs. fuel a global myth By Robert Zubrin and Gal Luft May 6, 2008
In recent weeks, a flood of reports and statements has claimed that the world’s biofuel programs—in particular the U.S. corn ethanol effort—is starving poor people around the globe. Even the UN’s special rapporteur for the Right to Food decried biofuel production as “a crime against humanity.”
It seems so obvious: With so much corn being turned into fuel, More >
California’s Governor Schwarzenegger Asked US Automakers to Go “green”
Jul 19th
The remarkable speech delivered by Californiaâs Honorable Governor Schwarzenegger has turned the afternoon at the Georgetown University into an inspiring event.
Here is the print version of the keynote address of Gov. Schwarzenegger (with the introduction part cut):
GOVERNOR: Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you, John, for the wonderful introduction, I appreciate it very much. And it is great to be here today at Georgetown University, also known in my house as the alma mater, because of course my wife went to school here, and she graduated here at Georgetown. (Applause)
So I want to thank my wife also for More >
Aren’t the Big Three Automakers guilty of a huge contradiction?
Jul 7th
They are warning Washington that they need loans immediately to continue to operate. How do they expect to remedy their short term situation by lowing expenses and increasing revenues when they are simultaneously expressing intentions to invest in green technologies which will not be profitable for years???

