Kia Motors keeps the World Cup moving Kia Motors has helped get the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa on the move by presenting the tournament organizers with a fleet of over 200 Kia vehicles at a handover ceremony held at the Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg. The vehicles are being used to smoothly and efficiently transport teams, officials, delegates and official VIP visitors from all over the world during tournament now going on. Kia Motors, which is an Official Automotive Partner of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, is supplying 207 official vehicles from its wide-ranging model line-up: the new Sorento SUV, Soul urban crossover vehicle and the spacious Sedona MPV. In addition to its own vehicles, Kia is supplying a fleet of Kia-liveried buses, including the England National Team Bus, which are scheduled to provide 840 `bus days' of transportation. 7 WHEELS July 08, 2010 2010 Kia Soul One on Top 10 Coolest Car list Kia Motors America has announced the 2010 Soul urban passenger vehicle was named to the "Top 10 Coolest New Cars Under (US)$18,000" list for the second year in a row by U.S.-based Kelley Blue Book's kbb.com, a leading provider of new car and used car information. The Soul was praised for being a cool, affordable ride with an emphasis on personality, versatility and technology. Ford aims to reduce its carbon footprint Ford has announced plans to survey 35 top global suppliers on their energy use and estimated greenhouse gas emissions. Ford's goal is to better understand the carbon footprint of its supply chain and use the data to eventually create a broad-based carbon management approach for its supply chain. The 35 suppliers represent close to 30 per cent of Ford's (US)$65 billion in annual procurement spending. The suppliers in the initial request include companies that make commodities such as seats, steering systems, tires and metal components, which require more energy to produce and thus have a larger carbon footprint. While many of these suppliers already measure their greenhouse gas emissions, the project would facilitate collaboration and sharing of processes and practices that can drive significant emissions reductions and help meet future regulatory requirements. The data gathered from suppliers will be evaluated using modeling software from PTC InSight. Preliminary work Ford has done with PTC has indicated there are opportunities for both Ford and suppliers to reduce carbon emissions. Any reductions by suppliers would be in addition to Ford's own goal of reducing greenhouse gases 30 per cent by 2020 from the company's 2006 model year baseline. Several of Ford's top suppliers are already working to better understand their carbon emissions, including DuPont, TRW Automotive Holdings Corp., Bosch and Johnson Controls.