EARLIER THIS YEAR, the government of Sweden announced plans to have the country free of its oil dependency by 2030.

It is an undertaking that affects more than just the car industry, and Volvo Trucks has this week announced field tests that will have 14 of its trucks running on Bio-DME, an energy-rich biofuel.

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LAMBORGHINI HAS ANNOUNCED that it intends to slash the CO2 output of its manufacturing operations by a huge 30 percent by 2010 and also aims to cut the CO2 emissions of its total line-up by 35 percent by 2015.

An enormous photovoltaic array atop the company’s Sant’Agata assembly plant will supply more green energy for the [...]

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With the rise of environmentalism and the doubts emerging over the long term viability of motor sport, race engineers have been forced to explore technologies that will extend its relevance in a changing global landscape.

The use of biofuels and recyclable composites are considered key to this, but a team of British scientists may have found [...]

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