Izbucnirea scandalului motoarelor diesel care mătură industria auto în întreaga lume determină orientarea către inovare în vederea reducerii combustibililor fosili și a poluării. O soluție în acest sens este promovarea automobilelor electice. Din numărul total de 6 milioane de autoturisme din România, aproape trei milioane au motor diesel. Principalul motiv pentru care românii aleg maşini
Recent s-a desfasurat la Madrid Congresul al VI-lea al GASNAM (Asociația Iberică de Gaze Naturale pentru Mobilitate). În timpul discursului său, presedintele Seat, De Meo, a explicat capacitatea industriei spaniole de a inova și adapta la noile provocări, cum ar fi mobilitatea în orașe și utilizarea energiilor regenerabile. Exact în acest moment, De Meo a
Compania spaniolă de colete SEUR a adăugat la flota sa o sută de vehicule alimentate cu gaz natural comprimat (CNG), printr-un acord cu compania LeasePlan. Cele 100 de autoturisme vor fi utilizate pentru a efectua livrări urgente la Madrid și Barcelona, a declarat LeasePlan într-o declarație. SEUR poate adapta volumul flotei sale în funcție de
Șase noi stații CNG vor fi deschise în Belgia de experți în combustibili alternativi PinPoint. Geert Degroote, directorul general din Belgia pentru PitPoint, a declarat că aceasta companie lucrează împreună cu diverși actori cu scopul comun de a construi o rețea națională de stații CNG în Belgia, potrivit unui comunicat de presă. „Realizarea unei rețele
First Paris, then a pair of German cities, and now the Eternal City. Two weeks ago, the mayor of Rome announced on her Facebook page that the city would ban diesel cars altogether by 2024. It’s not clear whether the ban applies solely to the older, most-polluting diesels as it does already in Paris, or
German police raided BMW’s headquarters in Munich on Tuesday as part of an investigation into suspected cheating on diesel emissions. BMW (BMWYY) said in a statement that it was cooperating with authorities. „The BMW Group takes the situation very seriously and has a significant interest in the circumstances being fully explained,” the automaker said. Prosecutors said that
Car manufacturers are looking for a diesel alternative. Seat believes that CNG (compressed natural gas) could be the fuel of the future to replace diesel. Seat Chief Executive Luca de Meo stated on Saturday that compressed natural gas is potentially a genuinely valid alternative to diesel. Diesel car sales are dropping, many believing it to
Urban pollution is a real problem that is increasingly making the headlines. The lack of rains last year has aggravated the situation and more than twenty Spanish cities have exceeded the established pollution limits, a reality that affects us and that should concern everybody. According to World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, more than 400,000 people die prematurely every
Fueling future generations of electric vehicles is making some mining entrepreneurs rich as demand grows for critical metals, such as lithium and cobalt. But as with all commodity booms, there are early signs of a shortage turning into a flood, with a predictably depressing effect on prices. Lithium is the metal most likely to be
As part of its commitment to environmental responsibility, the Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport is launching of a fleet of biogas-powered shuttle vehicles and creating an agricultural club. A fleet of seven shuttles, running exclusively on renewable natural gas were recently brought into service at this airport. The customized shuttles have been designed and fitted out to