Green Car News

Hyundai recently released the first pictures of its BLUE-WILL concept vehicle that will be unveiled to the public at the Seoul Auto Show on April 2nd.  The BLUE-WILL is a groundbreaking plug-in hybrid concept that uses advances materials throughout.  Hyundai has pushed the use of environmentally...

Here's a quick rundown of the specs released today for the upcoming 2012 Tesla Model S

Toyota's leading Prius is fast approaching new competition from Honda's low-cost next generation Insight, aleady released and selling for less than $20,000 with greater than 40 mpg fuel efficiency.  The current Prius sells for $22,000 and the new 2010 model may be considerably more. To counter...

Today Fisker Automotive, makers of the sleek Karma electric vehicle, announced their selection of 32 retailers across the U.S. that will carry the Fisker marque later this year. This number brings Fisker within just a few retailers of their goal of 40 by June of this year. Retailers are typically...

Audi recently began working on the concept of a possible upcoming A2.  The A2, classified by Audi as a small city car is reportedly at the concept stage at this point, but Audi insiders hint at a possible electric version of the vehicle in the future. Audi has unsuccessfully tried to introduce...

Our colleague Marty Padget drove the all-new 2010 Toyota Prius last month; here's what he said

Tomorrow we'll kick off a full month of information about the all-new, all-amazing 2010 Toyota Prius

Last November we reported that Sam's Club sold a non-existent sports car called the Liv Inizio by Hybrid Technologies. As it turns out, the start-up EV company (now calling itself EV Innovations) is planning to attend the New York Auto Show with two electric sports cars in tow. The first debut...

The US Department of Energy had previously allocated $25 billion in funds to be given as low cost loans to companies that would use it to develop advanced technology vehicles. The program was funded in late 2008 by the Bush administration, and the deadline for applications was set at December 31...

Audi, considered a holdout in hybrid powertrain technology, is on schedule to release a hybrid version of the Q5 Crossover vehicle in late 2010 or the ealry part of 2011. Though Audi has developed a considerable amount of fuel efficient diesel engines, they have yet to develop a hybrid...

Giving Way to Suburbans Are New Concepts Like the Spark

It took a long time for Nissan to jump on the hybrid bandwagon. So long, in fact, that their only model currently offered as a hybrid, the Altima, still uses Toyota's technology. That will change in 2010 as Nissan rolls out the Infiniti M Hybrid for their luxury brand. The rear-wheel drive M will...

Tata Motors of India announced that it plans to sell an electric vehicle based upon the current Indica in Norway.  The electric Indica was developed by Tata Motors and they expect the vehicle to reach the Norwegian market by the end of this year. According to Tata Group Chairman, Ratan Tata, the...

The futuristic thought of antimatter that is typically related to sci-fi movies may one day be able to provide propulsion to vehicles.  Antimatter, is an exact oppposite copy of matter.  Identical to matter, but with its electrical charge completely opposite of the original matter.  Think of a...

Right now Norwegian automaker Think is in the midst of Norway's version of Chapter 11 bankruptcy.  All operations have ceased at Think's plant in Aurskog, Norway.  Currently, Think is operating off of interim funding in the amount of $6 million dollars, but permanent funding is non- existent. ...

Natural Gas is often overlooked, but the Honda Civic GX is the single greenest car you can buy

The Auris Hybrid announced last fall as a 2010 model for Europe may give Toyota a Honda Insight competitor

The new stimulus package that was recently signed in to law allows car buyers to take advantage of tax breaks and credits on hybrid vehicles. The current stimulus package allows would be cars buyers to deduct state and local sales tax paid on any vehicle that was purchased new after February...

At a recent conference, BMW chairman Norbert Reithofer announced plans to launch a new electric car called the Megacity. Presently BMW has built nearly 500 electric-conversion MINI coopers called MINI Es. These will go into the hands of willing field testers in NY, NJ, and CA within weeks. The year...

In a recent press release from Nissan, a senior product planning official leaked words that Nissan will make an upcoming announcement about its plans to produce a plug-in EV for the U.S. market by 2010. This recent announcement means that Nissan will launch a plug-in EV in the U.S. market two years...