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"Searching" for the Best in Green Cars
How Yahoo! Google and MSN are Helping to Promote the Green Auto Shift
| Source: Renewable Energy Stocks
POINT ROBERTS, WA and DELTA, BC--(Marketwire - July 2, 2007) - www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com, a leading global investor and industry portal for the renewable
energy sector, reports on developments in green cars and how the top three
search engines, Yahoo!, Google and MSN are helping to educate
consumers and promote change and innovation in the automotive sector. As
Tech sector leaders Bill Gates and Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry
Page play a leading role in investing in and deploying Greentech, they are
also a driving force in changing the highways of the future.
As consumers browse the new MSN Autos Green Central they can utilize the
green information center to read green car news, editorial reviews,
fuel-saving ideas and see what autos are currently rated as the top 5 green
vehicles. (http://editorial.autos.msn.com/specials/green/default.aspx)
Yahoo! Autos launched the Yahoo! Autos Green Center in November 2006
http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ and has built a strong online
following in the green space as consumers visit the site to view the top
100 Green Cars and research developments in hybrids, biofuel, electric and
green autos. In announcing the launch, Yahoo! Autos reported, "According to
a Yahoo! survey, one in every two people is interested in learning more
about alternative fuel vehicles, which signals clear consumer demand for a
product like the Green Center."
Yahoo! Autos, in partnership with Environmental Defense, developed a Green
Rating determining the environmental impact of vehicles on a scale of
1-100. The Green Rating is based on tailpipe pollution, greenhouse gas
emissions, fuel economy and the manufacturing process, giving consumers the
overall environmental friendliness of the autos on the list.
"The Green Center on Yahoo! Autos provides our users with the most
comprehensive expert and social media content covering alternative fuel
vehicles," said Michael Yang, Vice President and General Manager, Yahoo!
Autos. He adds, "Whether you're searching for the top green rated vehicles
or you want to connect with an online community of like-minded vehicle
shoppers, the Green Center is home to the most relevant information
impacting consumers today."
Google's mantra "Do No Harm" has taken on new dimensions as Google
proactively promotes green auto initiatives through Google.org, its
philanthropic arm. Google.org recently
announced its RechargeIT initiative (www.google.org/recharge/) dedicated to
reducing greenhouse gas emissions and oil dependence by helping to fund and
bring plug-in hybrid electric vehicles to consumer markets.
Dr. Larry Brilliant, Executive Director of Google.org, tells us, "Google is committed to
using its resources to help solve the global climate challenge. Google.org is hybrid philanthropy, bringing
together the active engagement of the broader Google Corporation, as well
as investments in for-profits, traditional grants, policy work, and public
information. RechargeIT brings together all of these elements to help
accelerate progress on plug-ins. By demonstrating new clean energy
technologies and how they can be connected to the grid, we hope to spur
demand and encourage car manufacturers to make these vehicles commercially
available on a large scale on an urgent basis."
Kirsten Olsen, program lead for the RechargeIT project, stated, "At Google.org, we are committed to finding
solutions that can dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions and offer
alternatives to fossil fuels. We see plug-in hybrids and vehicle-to-grid
applications as a significant step in greening the transportation sector
and helping to mitigate global warming."
As consumers turn to the online information highways to research choices in
alternative fuels, green car news, technology developments and current
green auto ratings, the "Big Three" in search engines are enabling and
empowering online users to make informed environmentally conscious
decisions.
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the forefront of fuel-efficient transportation with new technologies
including energy efficient gas systems, hydrogen, electric, fuel cell,
ethanol, hybrid and other innovative power systems, ZAP is developing a
high-performance crossover SUV electric car concept called ZAP-X engineered
by Lotus Engineering. Zap has also announced an affordable High Performance
Electric Vehicle with a target price of $30,000 using many of the
technologies of the ZAP-X . More information about the New High Performance
Electric Vehicle will be discussed later this month at the ZAP annual
shareholder meeting. In addition, the Company recently launched a new
portable energy technology that manages power for mobile electronics, like
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