Green Car News

According to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, gas should be $10 per gallon. As Musk said on stage at the Wired Business Conference on Monday, "I'm anti-tax, but I'm pro-carbon tax.  Gasoline should probably be $10 per gallon.  I'm not paying for the true cost of gasoline at the pump... since nobody's...

In less than six weeks, fleet buyers in Japan will start receiving deliveries of the production version of the Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric car. Individual buyers will be able to place orders at the same time, for delivery starting next April. The i-MiEV has turned into a smash success for struggling...

With sales of the Honda Insight below the target of 90,000 annual units, Honda is now considering offering two additional hybrids that would undercut the price of the Insight. There are no details at this time as to what the models may be, or what vehicle they could be based on, or even a time...

What do you get when a niche Swedish supercar company, Koenigsegg, buys the common man's Swedish car company, Saab? Apparently you get the capacity to produce electric supercars in volume. Realtid.se has reported that Koenigsegg's recent purchase of Saab was intended to give the supercar company...

Hybrids aren't known for blistering performance, but that didn't stop one UK automotive publication from putting two of the most popular fuel misers on the drag strip. In a recent comparison of the Toyota Prius and the Honda Insight, iMotor performed the standing quarter mile in both cars. Needless...

A few days ago I took delivery of MINI E #412 in New York. I will have the car for a 1-year close ended lease. As an electric car enthusiast and advocate, actually getting my own EV for full time use to charge and recharge is a dream come true. Though not traditionally a big MINI buff the fact that...

The Tesla Roadster may soon have aftermarket support from an unexpected source. Martin Eberhard, former co-founder of Tesla, has started production on what could be the first aftermarket accessory marketed directly towards Tesla Roadster owners.  His mobile charger will give Tesla owner a more...

Destined to reduce their production of the poor selling full-size pickup truck, GM has closed several plants with more to follow.  The 2-mode Hybrid Pickup production has been shifted to Silao, Mexico and the plant is now up and running with the launch of the hybrid pickup resuming just days ago...

As Mark Twain is supposed to have said, "Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated." (Although, sadly, he actually didn't say it.) In this case, the "my" is the General Motors mild-hybrid powertrain, sometimes known as the Belt-Alternator-Starter or BAS system. And it will return for 2011...

The Honda Insight, a sub $20,000 fuel efficient hybrid was expected to sell in big numbers.  The first month sales were record breaking leading Honda to believe that an increase in production was in order.  Now new predictions are in showing that the Insight may indeed fall 33% percent short of...

We were once told by an auto writer that "real car people" didn't want green cars. They wanted noise, and roaring engines, and squealing tires. Well, the triumph of diesel-powered race cars at the famed 24 Heures du Mans shows you can have both. The French carmaker Peugeot placed first and second...

Mazda is known for its "Zoom-Zoom" tagline, meaning sporty cars that set the bar for enjoyable handling at real-world prices. But the company has repeatedly expressed its lack of interest in electric cars, and its one hybrid is so half-hearted few know it exists. Now, Mazda may have reversed...

The federal General Services Administration bought additional fuel efficient vehicles from the Big Three.  The purchase of $210 million worth of fuel efficient vehicles brings the total to $287 million spent by the federal government on vehicle purchases from the Big Three. The additional 14,105...

According the Roger Penske, electric vehicles may be the first new vehicle built through the Penske-Saturn company. When the deal is finalized, Saturn will turn their attention to a new emphasis on fuel efficiency and a low price.  According to Penske, "EVs will be right at the forefront and might...

Now that the 2010 Toyota Prius is available at most Toyota dealers, at least for test drives, we're waiting for its half-brother--the 2010 Lexus HS250h--to appear at Lexus stores around Labor Day. We've wondered for awhile what kind of sales Lexus expected, and now Automotive News reports that the...

ZAP is currently working on an electric pickup truck that they plan to produce at the Zap Motor Manufacturing plant in Franklin, Kentucky. At this time, not much is known about the vehicle.  ZAP has released some information.  The vehicle will be a four wheeled (some ZAP products have less than 4...

UK electronics retailer, Comet, has installed an EV charging point at their store in Croydon, South London. The "Plug & Go" charger offers 240 volts AC at 13 amps and is available to any EV driver who requests a key via email or at the customer help desk. (The outlet is presumably locked up to...

Recently Mazda had announced that it had no interest in hybrid models.  Then they announced that diesel options would be available soon.  Then a focus on more efficient, direct injection technology followed by an announcement that they had interest in producing hybrid vehicles.  Now Mazda...

Late Thursday evening, the House and the Senate agreed on terms for the Cash For Clunkers program.  The program was approved by the House on Tuesday, but the Senate wanted to see some modifications to the plan before they would pass the bill.  However, the House version of the bills was agreed...

As the vehicle tracker on Earl Stewart's website yesterday showed the modified Prius strolling down Pennsylvania Avenue towards its final destination in Washington, D.C., one thing is certain.  A plug-in Prius can travel 1,100 miles on a tank of gas. But how did the journey go?  Well, if you...