Green Car News

 GreenTech, a small startup company with old ties to Brilliance China Automotive, recently unveiled 4 fuel efficient prototype vehicles that they hope to build at a production plant in Mississippi.  In order to begin production, GreenTech is searching for $2 billion in investments to begin...

Mazda hopes to raise 96 billion yen which translates to about $1 billion in order to fund the development of new hybrid models and additional advanced technology vehicles.  The company will raise funds by selling new shares and treasury stocks. According to Autocar, the company will, "Issue 363...

Toyota is slowly getting closer to what appears to be a production ready EV.  This new concept, which will be displayed first at the Tokyo Motor Show, shows that the company is serious about producing a small EV. Called the FT-EV II, short for Future Toyota Electric Vehicle, the concept is...

We've always been more than a little skeptical about Bentley's biofuel claims for its 2010 Continental Supersports hot rod. We think it's very, very unlikely that owners of a $267,000 near-supercar will seek out one of the few hundred E85 ethanol pumps in the country to cut their carbon emissions...

The saga of the Zenn Motors and EEStor continues to wind on. For those that don't know, EEStor is a Texas-startup reportedly secretly building a powerful new energy storage medium that is far lighter, faster-charging, cheaper and longer-lived than lithium ion cells. Zenn is a Canadian company, and...

Most major automakers have scheduled the release of an EV within the next few years.  Daimler is one such company which promises us an EV soon.  However, many automakers do not believe that EVs are the answer for the long term future of automobiles. According to Dieter Zetsche, CEO of Daimler...

On display at the AltCar expo in Santa Monica was this intriguing battery swapping concept pictured above.  Though it was little more than a small scale, model mock up, the idea is at least creative and interesting. Pictured above is the NuTech automatic battery charger and changer presented by...

The Cash For Clunkers program was highly successful at boosting sales of many different types of vehicles including hybrids.  During the program, hybrid sales soared for both the month of July and August, but now without a Clunkers program around, sales have fallen off dramatically. Sales of...

 The Department of Defense has awarded FuelCell Energy $1.5 million to develop their Electrochemical Hydrogen Separator (EHS) technology.  This technology would allow the reformation of fossil and biofuels into pure hydrogen for use in fuel cells.  This tech could be applied for use at filling...

Torotrak, a British technology company known for its continuously variable transmissions, will deliver a paper at the SAE Commercial Vehicle Congress in Illinois next week revealing a flywheel-based Kinetic energy storage system for buses which is said to recover potential energy from a moving...

Nissan is embracing social media in getting out the message about its LEAF EV, set to launch in selected US markets in late 2010. Nissan predicts there will be 20,000 early adopters in those markets lined up and ready to buy the 100 mile range EV. The company has partnered with EV charging...

From their press release: "Bajaj Auto Limited (BAL) and MotoCzysz LLC are proud to announce an agreement has been finalized to enter into a joint venture "Dream" project. The goal of this project is to uncover and explore the possibilities for a Next Generation automobile." "The JV project will be...

Aptera and Elio, two companies producing three wheel vehicles, can briefly rejoice as their bids for receiving federal government loans are now one step closer to completion. Legislation has been drawn up that will make 3 wheel vehicles eligible to receive federal loan money from the Department...

Since 2003, Daimler has been openly testing the Citaro fuel cell powered transit bus.  A total fleet of 36 passengers buses have been on the roads across Europe racking up 135,000 hours of use and reaching over 1.2 million miles travelled.  The testing was conducted on the first generation Citaro...

The all new 2010 Nissan Altima Hybrid will go on sale Monday with a base MSRP of $26,780.  The vehicle will only be available in the same nine states that the outgoing model was offered in.  The states include California, Connecticut, Maine, New York, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, and...

According to Better Place, the electric vehicle industry is following along as expected and several makers are locating batteries in the ideal underside location, perfectly situated for their own battery swapping program. The battery swapping system from Better Place was designed as a means to...

While discussing two upstart electric car companies, contributors to the self proclaimed "fair and balanced" Fox News Channel (FNC) have proven that they are not smarter than a fifth grader. Jeff Foxworthy didn't even have to ask a single question. In reports criticizing recent Department of Energy...

German firm Ingenieurgesellschaft Auto und Verkehr (IAV) is working on technology to fit roads with embedded induction-loops that will remotely “refuel” electric cars while they are driving or parked, without the need for connectors or cords.  The technology is similar to that being developed...

One of our most popular posts in August was a piece that broke down how General Motors projected a fuel efficiency of 230 miles per gallon in the city for its 2011 Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric car. Soon after GM's elaborate press event, Nissan announced with a straight face that their...

Piaggio MP3 Hybrid Gets 141 MPG On Three Wheels