GreenCarr Foundation » In the News http://greencarr.org GreenCarr Foundation Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:49:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Nissan Adds ‘Beautiful’ Noise to Make Silent Electric Cars Safe http://greencarr.org/2009/10/08/nissan-adds-%e2%80%98beautiful%e2%80%99-noise-to-make-silent-electric-cars-safe/ http://greencarr.org/2009/10/08/nissan-adds-%e2%80%98beautiful%e2%80%99-noise-to-make-silent-electric-cars-safe/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:37:52 +0000 admin http://greencarr.org/?p=58 dataBy Makiko Kitamura and Yuki Hagiwara
Bloomberg.com
September 18, 2009

With little noise from the engine, electric cars may be a danger to blind pedestrians who cannot hear them approaching. To address those safety concerns, transportation agencies in the U.S. and Japan may mandate artificial sounds for the vehicles.  The authors check in with Nissan engineer Toshiyuki Tabata, who is working on recreating engine noise for a new generation of quiet cars.

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]]> http://greencarr.org/2009/10/08/nissan-adds-%e2%80%98beautiful%e2%80%99-noise-to-make-silent-electric-cars-safe/feed/ 0 Carmakers Count Down to Green Car Targets http://greencarr.org/2009/10/08/carmakers-count-down-to-green-car-targets/ http://greencarr.org/2009/10/08/carmakers-count-down-to-green-car-targets/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:32:42 +0000 admin http://greencarr.org/?p=55 By Soyoung Kim and Helen Massy-Bereford
Reuters.com
September 16, 2009

Reporting from this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show, the authors ask an important question.  “From major automakers to niche manufacturers, the race is on to get green cars on the road in the coming years, but one question lingers: after many false starts, are drivers finally ready for them?”

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]]> http://greencarr.org/2009/10/08/carmakers-count-down-to-green-car-targets/feed/ 0 Jay Leno’s Green Car Challenge http://greencarr.org/2009/10/08/jay-leno%e2%80%99s-green-car-challenge/ http://greencarr.org/2009/10/08/jay-leno%e2%80%99s-green-car-challenge/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:25:25 +0000 admin http://greencarr.org/?p=48 480-fordbevBy Jim Motavalli
New York Times, September 14, 2009

We all know that Jay Leno is a car guy.  As Jim Motavalii points out in this feature for the New York Times, Leno is also a GREEN CAR guy!  His new weekday prime time show includes a segment called “Green Car Challenge.”  It will feature celebrity drivers wo take turns trying to best one another’s track times in a specially prepared Ford Focus-based battery car.

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]]> http://greencarr.org/2009/10/08/jay-leno%e2%80%99s-green-car-challenge/feed/ 0 Cash for Clunkers Program Proves Effective http://greencarr.org/2009/10/08/hello-world/ http://greencarr.org/2009/10/08/hello-world/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:12:50 +0000 admin http://greencarr.org/proof/?p=1 The ‘Cash for Clunkers’ (otherwise known as ‘CARS’) Program is controversial, expensive, and… effective! The impact on Automobile sales has been noticeable, but will be short-lived.  What will last longer are the new relationships formed between new car dealers and auto recyclers, as they have been brought together by discussions about what to do with the trade-in autos.  Discussions about what to do with older cars has brought welcome attention to the important work of the nation’s auto recycling industry.

]]> http://greencarr.org/2009/10/08/hello-world/feed/ 0 Happy Hallow-Green! http://greencarr.org/2009/10/08/happy-hallow-green/ http://greencarr.org/2009/10/08/happy-hallow-green/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:43:04 +0000 admin http://greencarr.org/?p=25 By Jordan, A 12 Year old Blogger

From National Geographic Kids.com, October 31, 2008

The National Geographic Kids website has lots of fun green things for kids to do and read about.  This includes kids blogging about the environment.  Click around and check it out!

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Drop in on the Kid’s Zone at the ‘Trashiest Place on the Web’ to see what you can do to help clean up your neighborhood!  Learn how you can set a great example for other kids – and parents and teachers too!

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Join Arthur and his friends in the tree house for some green games!

]]> http://greencarr.org/2009/10/08/go-green-challenge/feed/ 0 Green Automobiles http://greencarr.org/2009/08/18/green-automobiles/ http://greencarr.org/2009/08/18/green-automobiles/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:51:47 +0000 admin http://greencarr.org/proof/?p=22 The love affair between Americans and their cars hasn’t come to an end.  But it is changing, and fast.  Our society is going green, and that presents us with new options in the cars we drive, the parts and production processes used to automobiles, the engines and motors used to move them down the road, even the fuels that power our vehicles.

]]> http://greencarr.org/2009/08/18/green-automobiles/feed/ 0 Clean Environment http://greencarr.org/2009/08/18/clean-environment/ http://greencarr.org/2009/08/18/clean-environment/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:46:56 +0000 admin http://greencarr.org/proof/?p=16 Everyone knows that driving an automobile contributes to smog in the big city, and adds to carbon monoxide everywhere.  The move towards a green auto industry has been a long time coming.  Planet earth needs better treatment, and here we highlight the benefits to birds, animals, forests and water when we ‘go green.’

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