The World Environment Center (WEC) is announcing that its 30th Annual Gold Medal for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development will be awarded to the Volkswagen Group.
Daily Archives: December 21, 2013
Aston Martin and Daimler sign technical partnership agreements
Daimler and Aston Martin have signed an agreement for a significant technical partnership between Daimler and Aston Martin.
Mercedes S-class demand requires extended work hours
To boost production of the top-of-the-line S-Class sedan, employees at the assembly plant in Sindelfingen, Germany, agreed to prolong shifts by an additional 74 minutes a day in 2014 after adding 30 minutes this year, Daimler said today in a statement. The plant also already worked four Saturday shifts.
Sen. Baucus eyes overhaul of energy tax incentives
The U.S. Senate’s top tax writer unveiled a proposal on Wednesday to change the way the government promotes clean energy by streamlining dozens of federal tax incentives for electricity and fuel production.
Cuba lifting restriction on car purchases
Cuba is opening its automobile market and its roads to thousands of late-model cars by eliminating a special permit that sharply restricted the number of people allowed to buy vehicles from the state, the government announced Thursday.
