Green Car News

Mention to most people that you plan to but an electric car, and one of the first concerns they will mention is battery life. Really, they will say, I can't keep the battery in my dinky little cell phone charged for longer than a day or so...so how will a car be any different? What if the battery...

The MINI brand is synonymous with fuel efficient cars that are fun to drive. MINI is about to take fuel efficiency one step further. As part of a pilot program to study electric vehicles, MINI will release 500 "MINI E" pure electric cars powered by lithium ion batteries. Select MINI devotees will...

Auto enthusiasts have plenty of questions about electric sports cars, not the least of which is how to replace the satisfying rumble of an internal combustion engine. Thankfully the German auto tuners at Brabus have that covered. They've incorporated a "space sound generator" into a modified Tesla...

The first official pics of the new Prius leak out.

Think plug-in hybrids are cutting edge? Get a load of this: the technology gurus at Nissan are studying ways to get that future electric car of yours to charge itself while you're driving. Gasoline and wall outlets never seemed so passé. Senior Vice President of Nissan's technology department...

Marketwire is reporting today that according to electric vehicle manufacturer, Zero Air Pollution (ZAP), Ricardo Erhlich, Mayor of Montevideo, Uruguay, has approved incentives to promote the use of electric vehicles in the city. ZAP Latin America representative, Fernando Cancela, says, "The...

Today Renault, the French parent company of forward-thinking Nissan, announced that they would have not one, or two, but THREE electric cars on the consumer market by 2012. Two of the three will be based on current models, the Kangoo MPV and the Megane; one model will be an all-new five-seater...

It's a car. It's a bike. It's...what is it? It's called the VentureOne. With fuel economy approaching 100 miles per gallon and six second 0-60 performance, it could revolutionize how we think about driving. This past weekend at the Opportunity Green Conference at UCLA, Venture Vehicles, Inc. COO...

Nissan wants to put pure electric cars on the streets of Yokohama by 2010. Japan's second largest city is partnering with the Renault Nissan Alliance to study sustainable mobility. This is just the latest development in Nissan's plans to mass produce pure electric vehicles by 2012. The automaker...

This morning, Dean Kamen, tireless advocate of all things science-related, and inventor of the popular Segway self-balancing scooter, introduced his one-of-a-kind 2008 DEKA Revolt, registered in his home state of New Hampshire. While it's not unusual for a car guy to register a home-made mish-mash...

Toyota's gas champ uses an unconventional four-cylinder, along with its batteries, for superior mileage.

Can you be in the 50-mpg club?

Toyota's gas-electric hybrid uses clever tech to keep it sipping fuel.

Toyota's Prius has gone from a grand experiment to a sales charts success.

A 100-mpg Prius could be in the offing, as Toyota plans a rechargeable version using home power outlets.

Vandals torch and hammer the hybrid, but why?

Make sure you're buying your new hybrid for the right reason.

The place where Prius owners unite offers good debates, good ideas.

A psychiatrist turns his hybrid into a space-age transporter.

What's a green-car lover to do?