In 1994, Mr Uchiyamada joined Toyota's project to develop an eco-friendly car for the 21st century.
And depending on what kind of fuel powers that grid ultimately decides how environmentally-friendly the car actually is.
First he made the Tesla roadster, an eco-friendly electric car for the ultra-rich speed-freak, then he set to work as CEO of a private space company.
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An eco-friendly hybrid car, a gas-guzzling high-performance motor or would he stick with the greenest and most reliable form of transport on offer - his feet?
Mr Richardson admits that selling the idea of environmentally-friendly public transport to car-happy New Mexicans was not easy at first.
Owners also can earn awards for safe and eco-friendly driving viewable on Car Care Web should they rank high enough among their fellow UVO eServices owners.
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Clean Energy is also pursuing car-friendly CNG-dispensing services, and has signed an agreement with Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell to provide market access to all state and local government bodies.
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R-LINK is a straightforward, user-friendly interface that covers all the car's functions and data.
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Unsurprisingly, a car as passenger-friendly as the LS 430 does not stint when it comes to safety.
So is it really more environmentally friendly to buy a new hybrid car to replace your perfectly good 5-year-old gasoline-powered vehicle?
Starting out in a tiny office not far from Dalal Street where the BSE is situated, they took three years--Shah wrote the product specifications, and Neralla the software code--to develop a robust software package that was user friendly enough to run on a car battery, a nifty feature in a power-scarce country.
He begins a sales pitch the way most car salesmen do, with friendly chitchat.
One mile from town by car or on foot is a family-friendly beach lined with colourful beach huts and backed by dunes and pine woodland.
But options for would-be electric car owners are fast expanding, and Ford is about to tap into the growing greener car market with a trio of environmentally-friendly cars, including an all-electric vehicle!
Pate was turned away from the compound Monday, but when he returned a day later with a transcript of his interview with the Freemen a year ago, he said group members were "friendly" and took him to the ranch in a car.
Several additional badges also adorn the car to help distinguish it as being eco-friendly.
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But Irving Mintzer, an economist, worries that the rush to new electric-car technologies could leave us dependent on other not-so-friendly parts of the world for critical materials.
He lightly stroked the hood, then stroked it again, as if it were not a car but an old horse, tied to a fence and given a friendly pat to indicate that the wait would not be long.
It consists of five eco-friendly products made from plant oils: organic glass cleaner, brake dust shield, hydrophobic car wash, tire shine and wheel cleaner.
By comparison, many of the hybrid and plug-in models making the Greenest Car list this year are practical enough to be everyday drivers, including two family friendly station wagons, the Toyota Prius v and Ford C-Max Hybrid.
The most user-friendly and secure way to enable this is by embedding a SIM card and a communication module inside the car.
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