Green Car News

In online discussions, the Toyota Prius reigns supreme. According to a Nielsen rating report, out of all of the online discussions regarding the Honda Insight as the main focus, 61 percent of them also include a mention of the Toyota Prius. However, the same does not hold true when the two cars...

There are three constants in life: death, taxes, and Nissan's periodic announcement of another zero-emission partnership. This time, the Renault-Nissan Alliance is working with Progress Energy and the non-profit group, Advance Energy, both based in Raleigh, North Carolina. The three entities will...

According to Automotive News, Mitsubishi will increase production once again on its I-MiEV Electric Car. Initially, Mitsubishi planned to make 20,000 units of the I-MiEV each year, but they have decided to rev up production to 30,000 units by 2013. The announcement comes as no surprise as...

Rumors about a possible upcoming Saab and it's connection to the Chevy Volt are certainly intriguing.  But is there any truth to the concept? The pictured vehicle is called the Saab Fashionista Concept.  It is designed by Mayeul Walser, a 4th year design student at Creopole-ESDI.  According to...

The recent agreement between Chrysler and Fiat could have an impact on green car and battery startups. The Chrysler Fiat deal, similar to the Renault Nissan deal awhile back could result in several of Fiat's small cars finding their way to the U.S. market in electric form.  Though Renault Nissan...

Ford Pulls Ahead of the Competition

Like many cities across the world, San Francisco is learning that hybrid taxis not only save gas, but last as long as needed

Honda began selling its new second generation 2010 Insight in the US in late March. By the end of April those cars were just barely getting to dealerships. Yet, according to just-released April sales results, the automaker has already sold 2096 of the hybrids. This compares to 3361 Civic Hybrids...

New York is hardly alone in adding hybrid patrol cars to its police department fleet

Engineers at the Northwest National Laboratory in Washington have developed a new charging device for future electric cars. The so-called smart charger wirelessly communicates with utility companies to determine rates and grid demand. Electronically armed with this information, the device can...

Hybrids and electric vehicle operate at nearly silent volume.  No burble of the engine, or whine of the belt, and no intake noise on acceleration.  It all leads to quieter roadways, but what about blind individuals who cannot see a car coming and instead rely on sound to know the placement of a...

Back on Earth Day, April 22nd, Peapod Mobility was to begin accepting orders online for its line of Peapod neighborhood electric vehicles or NEV for short.  The announcement of accepting orders came and went with no change to their website and no place to put an order in. Peapod, a Chrysler...

Although neither system has reached the market, Mercedes-Benz may be opting to develop its mild-hybrid technology rather than the shared Two-Mode system

Nissan invited several journalists and other automotive types to conduct a brief test drive of their upcoming electric vehicle.  The prototype, still in early prototype form known as a mule, carries the internals of their electric model planned to come to market in 2010, but the body of the...

Perfection is a word that accurately describes Tesla Model S designer Franz von Holzhausen.  He sits in a photography studio studying every detail of the Model S sitting before him and wonders how he can improve on an already remarkable design.  Knowing that work is still needed and modifications...

The upcoming 2010 Toyota Prius continues to spur interest on the site

The 2011 Cruze Primed to Help Save the Floundering GM

Electric performance is great, so more electric performance would be even greater, right? In Chevy performance tradition, we got to thinking about the Volt SS ....

Nissan's first electric vehicle to come to the states will make its premiere in the city of Seattle next year. The plug-in electric from Nissan will be about the size of the Versa or the Sentra and seat five passengers.  It will travel up to 100 miles on a single charge and be capable of moving at...

According to the Nikkei newspaper out of Japan, both Honda and Toyota are making a profit on every hybrid vehicle they sell. According to the report, both companies make an estimated $3,100 on each hybrid vehicle.  This profit margin is about the same as they make on a traditional gasoline...