Cars and Global Warming: 11 Noteworthy Tweets from Automakers About Climate Change

Automakers like to tout the latest designs of their cars, but they're also well aware of the global warming concerns by consumers.

Here are 11 noteworthy tweets showing how carmakers try to combine fuel efficiency in an effort to deal with climate change.

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General Motors boasts of its first use of wind power. It plans to power four of its Mexico facilities with 34 megawatts of wind energy with 17 wind turbines.

We're procuring 34 megawatts of energy w/ 17 wind turbines to power 4 of our Mexico facilities http://t.co/4W88vAQyKW pic.twitter.com/T8qRE8i7DP

— General Motors (@GM) February 19, 2015

GM's state-of-the-art Climatic Wind Tunnel was the first of its kind and set the pace for the car industry. It tests vehicle development to the extremes.

.@GMA visited our climatic wind tunnel to see how extreme weather informs our engineering: http://t.co/uBeMTQK35Y pic.twitter.com/rUcsVLNhNg

— General Motors (@GM) February 10, 2015

GM's Chevrolet Volt starred in a global green event:

The stars came out last night at @globalgreen #GreenPreOscar party & the #NextGenVolt was in on the green carpet fun! pic.twitter.com/Odv2AXsmKu

— Chevrolet Volt (@ChevyVolt) February 19, 2015

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More efficient than ever, the @ChevyVolt delivers a sustainable and comfortable ride. pic.twitter.com/7tljApCURJ

— General Motors (@GM) February 4, 2015

On average, owners of the #NextGenVolt will be able to drive more than 1,000 miles between fill-ups. #ShamelessPlug pic.twitter.com/tuZPZfo1Dw

— Chevrolet Volt (@ChevyVolt) February 23, 2015

Save energy and use your automatic heated seats to stay warm in your #Volt. You 1. Jack Frost 0. pic.twitter.com/rrYxt1wfuO

— Chevrolet Volt (@ChevyVolt) February 9, 2015

The Ford Motor Company endorses developments in clean energy.

The #GoFurther #Award for Best Use of Technology goes to John Kellett, @MrTrashWheel & @clearwatermills. https://t.co/FPH3IahCPf

— Ford Motor Company (@Ford) February 23, 2015

A6: We took advantage of aero & lightweight carbon fiber construction which let us create such a radical shape -GN #FordGTChat #FordCAS

— Ford Motor Company (@Ford) February 13, 2015

Ford asks for input on environmental suggestions.

We're in an experimental phase—asking people about their challenges & ideas for solutions #SMWtransportation #SMWNYC pic.twitter.com/RlRLjdYiXL

— Ford Motor Company (@Ford) February 25, 2015

Toyota USA shows its concerns for the planet, global warming and your costs with hybrids.

Great for the planet, great for your wallet. #Camry & #Highlander Hybrids won @usnews Best Car for the Money Awards! http://t.co/2g34n1VuNj

— Toyota USA (@Toyota) February 11, 2015

Toyota loved retweeting the Energy Department’s spin on the Mirai fuel cell vehicle.

Want to test drive a #FuelCell electric car? Take a spin w/ the @Toyota Mirai ▶ http://t.co/p4H7M5k6uD pic.twitter.com/Vi2HEpgLq2

— Energy Department (@ENERGY) February 3, 2015

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