Mercedes-Benz will continue its comprehensive commitment to road safety and, at the same time, take further major strides forward in its quest to reduce both fuel consumption and emissions.

Featuring second generation direct fuel injection as the fourth BlueEFFICIENCY model in the C-Class. Compared to the current C 350, the new saloon consumes more than ten percent less fuel. At the same time, the innovative V6 engine delivers 15 percent more power and already meets future EU5 emission limits.

Daimler AG and RWE AG officially kicked off the world's largest joint project for environmentally friendly electric cars, titled "e-mobility Berlin." It's an initiative that covers all components required for the efficient use of battery-powered electric vehicles, ranging from innovative drive technology through to customer-friendly infrastructure, with the ultimate goal of making electric, emission-free driving a facet of everyday life.

For those of you unfamiliar with the PANGEA expedition, it's a journey that will last a total of four years and span a total of five continents, including the North and South Poles.

California filed a global warming lawsuit on Wednesday against Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., Toyota Motor Corp. and three other automakers, charging that greenhouse gases from their vehicles have cost the state millions of dollars.

Honda doesn't seem to need a weatherman to know which way the wind is blowing. They have just announced the construction of a $550 million automobile plant in Decatur County, Indiana, to build "fuel-efficient vehicles, [because they] believe U.S. consumers are turning away from powerful gas guzzlers."

In the corporate imagination of General Motors, Hummer could be transformed from the SUV that environmentalists love to hate to an algae-infused, oxygen-exuding buggy that would open up like a flower.

Spoil-sport Motley Fool questions the hooplah surrounding the Hydrogen 7 (h7), BMW’s hydrogen-powered 7-Series sedan. Fool calls the vehicle a “PR stunt” to appeal to consumers’ growing demand for alternative, environmentally friendly fuels.

Five companies in Britain produce more carbon dioxide pollution together than all the motorists on UK roads combined, according to new figures which reveal heavy industry's contribution to climate change.

From the top, policymakers have to show vision and take tough decisions, and from the bottom, individuals have to put pressure on politicians and rearrange their own lives around a less car-intensive paradigm. What we want to know is: what are the steps that you have taken, or that you plan to take, to do your part?