Hyundai Motor Company, South Korea’s largest automaker, announced that it will install the nation’s largest rooftop photovoltaic power plant at its manufacturing factory in Asan, Korea, to expand the use of renewable energy and take measures to help reduce global warming.

Kia Motors has been named 37th in Interbrand’s list of the 50 Best Global Green Brands 2013, a debut for the Korean car manufacturer in the annual ranking of sustainability and environmental performance of the world’s 100 most valuable brands. Interbrand assesses businesses based on market perception and the actual environmental performance of the company and its products and services.

The eighth edition of The Nigeria Auto Awards held recently in Lagos confirmed the supremacy of the Toyota brand as it carted home six awards.

Ford Motor Company has cut CO2 emissions at its global facilities by 37 per cent per vehicle between 2000 and 2012 and plans for a 30 per cent reduction from 2010 to 2025 by addressing everything from new products and technologies to manufacturing processes.

Planet Projects Limited (PPL), a transport development company has won the African Award for Integrated Mobility by the International Association of Public Transport (UITP), for its strides and contributions to the development of urban transportation in Africa.