According to the reporters at elmundo.es, which we’re pretty sure is not how you say Edmunds in Spanish, the folks at the automaker centered in Maranello are aware of the environment. That is to say, they’re conscious of the political environment, and the high probability that the European Union’s going to be forcing them to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions at some point in time. More importantly, they’ve noticed that with the present lineup of models, Ferrari’s got some “difficulty” in achieving the current requirements of a reduction of CO2 emissions of 120 grams per km by 2012. …

The president and CEO of Veridian Corporation, a company that is responsible for distributing electricity to more than 107,000 customers in a dozen Ontario cities, drives a hybrid vehicle on a daily basis to assess its environmental performance and convenience factor. But here’s the twist: Solera-designed solar panels have been added to the roof and connected to rechargeable batteries made by Hymotion. …