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CA: Electric Cars Get Carpool-Lane Access Til 2020, Plug-In Hybrids Til 2018

Owners of electric cars and plug-in hybrids enjoy plenty of benefits: tax breaks, lower fuel costs, and the satisfaction that comes from driving a low- or zero-emission vehicle, to name a few. In California, owners also enjoy easier commutes: they can apply for special stickers that allow them to...

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Auto Exhaust Contributes To Clogged Arteries, Study Finds

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Bob Lutz's VL Automotive Bidding For Ailing Fisker: Report

May 22, 2013 6

Home Depot To Refund Taxes To Electric-Car Charging Station Buyers

May 20, 2013 4

Gumball Supercar Rally Now Carbon Neutral, But Hardly Green

If you've not heard of the Gumball 3000 before, it's fairly simple to explain. Blend hundreds of well-heeled supercar and sports car owners, a few thousand miles of roads... May 17, 2013 by Antony Ingram 2

2014 Subaru Forester Aces New IIHS Crash Test; Other Crossovers, Not So Much

Last year, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety introduced a new crash test -- and a new rating to accompany it. A total of 13 compact SUVs recently took that test, and... May 16, 2013 by Richard Read 1

Nissan Leaf Wants Apps, Needs Your Data To Make Them Work

Humanity is in an awkward phase -- the gangly, emotional phase between life as we've known it for thousands of years and a life lived largely online. The transition has made... May 15, 2013 by Richard Read 2

OX low-cost flat-pack truck for developing countries

Low-Cost Truck For Developing Countries To Come In Flat Package

The dispersal of automobiles is quite an uneven one. For every three or four-car household in the developed world, there are huge swathes of land in developing countries... May 14, 2013 by Antony Ingram 5

2014 Acura ILX Sport Sedan: More Features, Hybrid Later

For its second model year, Acura has added new features to the ILX compact sedan, which serves as its entry-level vehicle. The 2014 Acura ILX will go on sale tomorrow at... May 13, 2013 by John Voelcker

Elio Motors 84 mpg 3-wheeler [Image: Elio Motors]

3-Wheeled, 84 MPG Elio Moves A Step Closer To Reality

Remember Elio Motors? If you're one of their 17,000 or so Facebook fans it'll be hard to forget, as the company's little green three-wheeled vehicle will be a regular fixture... May 13, 2013 by Antony Ingram 9

NASA's famous 'Blue marble' image of Earth (Wikimedia commons)

Is 400 PPM Actually The Most Important Metric Ever For Cars?

You won't have been able to feel it, but on Friday the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hit a milestone amount. For the first time in recorded history, CO2 levels... May 13, 2013 by Antony Ingram 12

Ron Johnston-Rodriguez, speaking about EV tourism at a TEDx conference in Olympia, WA

Electric Vehicle Tourism Sparks Washington State: TEDx Video

Back in February, the folks at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington hosted a TEDx conference. One of the event's speakers was Ron Johnston-Rodriguez... May 9, 2013 by Richard Read 6

2012 Buick Lacrosse with eAssist, Catskill Mountains, October 2011

Buick eAssist, Chevy Eco Hybrid Recall For Control Module Check

General Motors announced today that it will recall more than 38,000 Buick and Chevrolet sedans fitted with its eAssist mild-hybrid system, to check for a possibly defective... May 6, 2013 by John Voelcker

2013 Toyota Matrix: Last Model Year In U.S. For Compact Hatchback

The Toyota Matrix will pass silently into the ether next year, just as the new Corolla hatchback takes its place in 2014. That will neither come as a shock nor much of a... May 3, 2013 by Antony Ingram 6

Supporters of the Climate Declaration, drafted by Ceres & BICEP

GM Becomes First Automaker To Sign Call For Action On Climate Change

When we think of the companies and organizations concerned with climate change, we don't often think of major automakers. But maybe we should think again. Yesterday, General... May 2, 2013 by Richard Read 3

Line of Tata Nanos (Image: Tata Nano Facebook page)

World's Cheapest Car, Tata Nano, Still Not Selling: Image Change Needed

It probably seemed like a good idea at the time, but with hindsight Tata's desire to sell the world's cheapest car hasn't quite worked out the way they hoped. In a nation... April 15, 2013 by Antony Ingram 2

2013 Aston Martin Hybrid Hydrogen Rapide S race car

Aston Martin Rapide Hydrogen Racer To Debut Next Month

Aston Martins evoke images of racing success and James Bond, but green technology hasn't often been at the top of the company's agenda. Times change though, and next month... April 12, 2013 by Antony Ingram 1

Congress Sets Date For Fisker Loan Hearings: April 24

Green energy and electric vehicles are an easy target for politicians at the best of times, but even more so when they fail, taking down millions in unpaid government loans... April 10, 2013 by Antony Ingram 8

2014 Mazda CX-5 Grand Touring 2.5 - First Drive, February 2013

What Cars Sell Well? Compact Crossover Sales Surge

People love their SUVs. You can't move for the things these days, but the good news is they could be getting smaller. An influx of compact SUVs and crossovers in recent years... April 10, 2013 by Antony Ingram 2