Green Car News

Many long-distance drivers would love to get their hands on the small, economical diesels sold in Europe. Soon, they may.

It has been less than a week since the Honda Insight went on sale in Japan and there are already modifications available for it. The perennial Honda tuners at Mugen have given the Insight a visual makeover consisting of a new grill, front and rear under spoilers, side skirts, "sport silencer"...

Chevy's upcoming global Spark takes the blue bowtie into mini-car territory

BMW has plans for a real-world field test of 450 MINI Coopers converted into electric cars. They began accepting applications from NY, NJ, and CA residents in December. A total of 1800 applications were received. BMW has stated the cars would be handed out throughout the first quarter to accepted...

A new study says the Prius costs 8.4% more to repair than non-hybrid vehicles

The Tesla Roadster garners much of the electric supercar discussion and rightly so. It is a feat of modern engineering. If you've got $200,000 to spend you have some other choices though. One of those could come from across the pond. The Lightning GT is a 650 horsepower electric powerhouse that...

Amid their first loss in a decade, Nissan sees EV program as vital to recovery

Will be built on Transit Connect Platform and have 100 mile range

How much do you know about Toyota's third-generation Prius? Test your knowledge

It's about time "supercharged" and "hybrid" are being used in the same sentence. Adding to an already full stable of gas and diesel engines, Volkswagen has announced that a supercharged hybrid Touareg is on the way. The new Touareg will employ a start-stop system to save gas when idle, regenerative...

You can't buy Mitsubishi's delightful 'i' mini-car here, but now you can build a paper model

French automaker PSA Peugeot Citroen has been planning to introduce a plug-in diesel electric hybrid car in 2011. The advanced electric powertrain is intended to be placed in the 3008 crossover vehicle. The company apparently isn't exuberant about the public's appetite for this vehicle indicating...

What happens when a Tesla Motors castoff and an award winning industrial designer join for a brainpower tryst? A freaking fast electric motorcycle is born. Mission Motors unveiled the world's fastest production all-electric motor cycle at TED2009 yesterday to googly eyes and slackened jaws. The...

Honda has just begun selling its next generation 2010 Insight Hybrid in Japan for 1.89 million Yen, which translates to roughly $20,052 USD. The EX trim will be closer to $23,000. The vehicle is expected to hit the US market in April, in two trims, the LX and EX. Pricing here has not been set...

Toyota Prius drivers don't always fit the cultural stereotype; consider the NFL linebacker, or the man arrested for road rage

One small island nation off the coast of Italy is about to become the test case for countrywide smart-grid technology. Malta and IBM have agreed on a plan to digitize the country's electrical grid and water system. In a place with over 1700 vehicles per square mile, climate change is a very...

Low-speed EVs to be used on-base

The Aptera 2e, is a unique electric vehicle. It is a 3-wheeled 2 seat airplane-shaped vehicle that is a cross between a motorcycle and a commuter car. The first one has rolled off the production line, and they are expected to go into low volume series production in the fall of this year. At the...

IRS approves clean-car tax credits for 2 BMW diesels

You'll get a chance to see the new 2010 Toyota Prius soon enough, or you may already have clicked through pictures and details. But, anxious to ensure that they build buzz and queue the car up to meet their goal of 180,000 sales for the year, Toyota has been quietly showing it around to its most...