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Greenhouse gases, those harmful pollutants emitted by fuel powered vehicles, has come under scrutiny lately.  First, the EPA finally discovered just a short month ago that greenhouse gases are dangerous. Who would have thought?  Now, the EPA is holding public hearings to see what people have to...

After More Than Ten Years the Beetle Reincarnation Still Lives On

Honda has quietly entered the hybrid market by slowly adding additional models to their lineup of cars.  From the Insight, to the Civic, to the defunct Accord hybrid, they have covered most of the car segments.  Missing is a sporty hybrid.  They are set to release their CRZ Hybrid within a year...

Performance Of a Bike In a Three-Wheel Car Setup

USA today featured an interview with Peter Trepp, a venture capitalist from California.  Peter became the first person in the nation to officially receive his all-electric Mini E.  He is one of about 400 people who were chosen to lease the car for a one year "field test."  BMW created the Mini E...

On the heels of the VW announcement that feasible electric cars are years away, Audi's CEO Rupert Stadler confirms that they too believe EVs are years away from becoming affordable, mainstream vehicles. Last week, Audi held an annual meeting in Germany.  They discussed future product plans and...

In response to hybrids gaining market share, Sanyo has decided to ramp up production on batteries. Sanyo, despite losses near 1 billion dollars in 2008, plans to spend millions in the next two years to build new battery plants and expand current production plants.  The decision comes as industry...

VW of America CEO Stefan Jacoby recently spoke out about his opinion and the company's point of view on plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles. According to Jacoby, the technology is simply not ready for the masses yet.  There are cost hurdles in the way and although VW and Audi will look into...

The name Ferrari isn't exactly synonymous with fuel efficiency, so when we heard news of a four-wheel drive "hybrid" system from Maranello, it piqued our curiosity. Apparently the Italian exotic car company has applied for a patent for a design that uses an electric motor to power two wheels and a...

General Electric, the massive corporation that owns among other things NBC Network, is currently building a $100 million plant in the state of New York.  The plant's initial focus will be on sodium-chemistry batteries for applications ranging from locomotives to tugboats.  Located in Albany, the...

15 Years Can Do a Lot To a Car Company

200 Miles for $100,000 or 40 Miles for $40,000?

Quirky carmaker Subaru sees cleaner diesels and hybrids on the horizon. This week Ikuo Mori, president of Fuji Heavy Industries, (Subaru's parent company) told Japanese reporters that Subaru is developing a cleaner diesel designed to meet 2011 global emissions standards and that he hopes to have a...

The rise of the lead acid battery may not be far off as several companies are working on ways to reinvent the old standby battery.  The downside to this battery type being weight and discharge and recharge cycle, the upside being low costs. What if a company could find a way to cut down on the...

Controversial car reviewer Jeremy Clarkson made his hatred of the Honda Insight widely known. His review of this car for the Times Online is to say the least negative. At one point, he states that the only newsworthy bit about this car is his hatred towards it. Describing the Insight as "biblically...

We're honored that The Huffington Post is now including all Green Car Reports items in their Wires section

EEStor is a company purportedly on the cusp of commercializing a potentially disruptive technology. EEStor president, former hard drive scientist Dick Weir has been trying to develop something called the EESU or electric energy storage unit. The device is a solid-state battery-like material that...

Some time ago, when Tesla founder Elon Musk appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman, he told Letterman the Chevrolet Volt had a maximum range of only 40 miles, which is completely incorrect. Regardless, once Dave Letterman starts bad-mouthing the range of the Volt, true or not, people start...

We're delighted and honored that The Huffington Post is now including our All About Prius posts in their Wires section

FAW, a large scale Chinese automotive group, recently announced plans to build a new factory that will focus on building hybrid buses and cars. The factory is scheduled for completion as early as 2012.  The new factory will give FAW the ability to build an expected 1,000 buses and 11,000 sedans...