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August 5, 2021

Toyota's Hydrogen-Fueled Corolla Race Car Finished Second To The Last

After competing and finishing the Fuji Supertec 24-hour endurance race, Toyota brought their upgraded combustion-engined Corolla, fueled by hydrogen to the five-hour Super Taikyu race in Autopolis. It finished 43rd out of 44th; but that’s beside the point.

Mazda Installs Solar Power System At Hiroshima Plant

As part of its efforts to reach carbon neutrality by 2050, Mazda has just turned on their first solar power generation system.

Dodge To Drop Hemi V8, Go Electric (Or Electrified) In 2024

Dodge has had enough of Hellcat-ting everything. The American brand, along with its parent, Stellantis has announced a comprehensive electrification plan.

Volkswagen To End Sales Of Gas, Diesel Engines In Europe By 2035

Volkswagen will stop selling cars powered by internal combustion by 2035 as it shifts to full-electric vehicles. The timeline was revealed by its sales chief Klaus Zellmer.

Audi To End Development Of Gas, Diesel Engines By 2026

Audi is the latest car brand to confirm that they will shed internal combustion engines and focus solely on full-electric powertrains. The decision was announced by Audi CEO Markus Duesmann.

Will You Drive This Sh*t-Powered Hyundai Kona?

That big sticker on the side says it all: this Hyundai Kona Electric is running on electricity generated from human waste.

Toyota Believes Hydrogen Is the Fuel Of The Future

If finishing a 24-hour endurance race wasn’t enough, Toyota continues to prove the merits of hydrogen as the fuel of the future by taking a bone-stock Mirai and driving it 1,003 kilometers. In the process, it broke a world record.

Toyota Wants To Spark A Conversation With Their Hydrogen-Powered Race Car

In a world where the conversation is dominated by electric vehicles or EVs, Toyota proved that internal combustion engines could still have a future. This as the carmaker’s president, Akio Toyoda brought home a hydrogen-fueled Corolla, the Corolla H2 Concept across the finish line at the Fuji Supertec 24-Hour endurance race.

BMW Is First Automaker To Use Wood-Based Material In Its Tires

BMW is the first automaker in the world to equip its cars with tires using certified sustainable natural rubber and rayon, a wood-based material used to strengthen the tires.

Lamborghini To Go Fully Electrified By 2024

Lamborghini presented “Direzione Cor Tauri” (Towards Cor Tauri), its road map of future Lamborghini models that point to one thing: sustainability.

Lexus announced that they have eclipsed the milestone of 2 million global sales of electrified vehicles at the end of April 2021.

Are You Willing To Get Paid P145k To Swap Your Old Car For An E-Bike?

Are you willing to get P 145,000 as an incentive to go from four wheels to two? Well, if France’s lawmakers have their way, it might happen.

Lexus Takes the Lead in Electrified Luxury

Lexus launched the world’s first self-charging luxury hybrid in 2004. Today, the majority of luxury self-charging hybrids on the road are Lexus. With almost 2 million of Lexus’ luxury hybrids sold globally, Lexus is the only premium brand with over 15 years of experience in sales and servicing of hybrid cars. It has the widest range of gasoline-electric hybrids available, with 5 different models ranging from compact to SUV, sedans and coupés in the Philippines.

The 2021 Nissan X-Trail is Made of Recycled Parts. Literally.

Nissan is breaking new ground on its all-new 2021 X-Trail for one peculiar reason: it’s the company’s first global model built using a “closed-loop” recycling system for aluminum parts.

Mazda Uses Recycled, Bio Plastics for Their Cars

As a global society, people have become more aware of their impact on the environment, and the need to create a sustainable future through developing products that contribute towards the reduction of emissions and materials that have an adverse effect on the environment. In response to this, Mazda has been at the forefront of plastic recycling for over three decades, and was the first automotive manufacturer to recycle bumpers from end-of-life cars.

Pollution from Tire Wear is 1,000 Times Worse Than Exhaust Emissions

Want to cut your carbon footprint? Consider using high-quality tires, or at least make sure they’re properly inflated. This conclusion comes from Emissions Analytics, the world’s leading independent specialist for the scientific measurement of real-world emissions.

Four Toyota Mirais Partially Powered U2's Concert in Japan

For those lucky enough to watch U2 at their Tokyo show last month, they’ll be surprised to know that that the concert was partially powered by the hydrogen-fueled Toyota Mirai.

Volvo's T8 Twin Engine Line Results in Cleaner Air Inside and Out

Volvo prides itself as being designed around people, and with that, they have made it their mission to be environmentally responsible—a tough act for any carmaker.

Future Fords Will Use Parts Made from Coffee Beans

Ford and McDonald’s will soon be giving vehicles a caffeine boost by using part of a familiar staple in the morning routine, coffee beans, in vehicle parts such as headlamp housing.

Toyota Motor Philippines Has a Plan for All Those Hybrid Batteries

While most people focused on the shiny new hybrid electric vehicles on display at Toyota’s first-ever HEV Drive Expo, and how they can help reduce emissions and dependency on fossil fuels, there’s one thing that escaped most people, including Ms. Earth Philippines who was the guest of honor: what’s going to happen to all these batteries when it’s time to scrap these cars?

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