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Solar Powered Bubble Plane is Awesome
A design for an ultra-environmental aricraft just won the top prize at the prestigious Lucky Strike Junior Designer Award. Roland Cernat, who just graduated from the University of Applied Sciences Schwäbisch Gmünd / Germany created the airplane wi...
Can Eco-friendly Th!nk Cars Start an Electronic Revolution?
For pint-size designs, these electric cars seem to dream of a global revolution where many fear to tread, or have tried with not very impressive results. And think about it, these cars are 100% recyclable!
Porsche 911 Covered in Gold
If you have enough money and you would like to have an ugly but unique car, buy some gold and cover your car with it. This way you will attract everyone’s attention.
Toyota plans Prius with solar panels
Toyota plans to install solar panels on the roof of the next generation of Prius hybrid cars, according to a report in Monday's edition of the Nikkei newspaper.
Volkswagen to Make Limited Edition of 1-Liter Car (282 MPG!) in 2010
VW's 282 MPG Super Fuel Efficient Car - The 1-Liter car has been around in prototype form since 2002 and greens everywhere have been drooling at its 282 miles per gallon fuel economy (or 1 liter of gasoline per 100 kilometers, hence the name). VW...
Volkswagen to Produce Plug-In Hybrid Electric Cars in 2010
Hot on the heels of the announcement that Mercedes will produce electric cars, comes the news that fellow German manufacturer Volkswagen plans to produce a test fleet of plug-in hybrid electric cars by 2010.
Tesla's Elon Musk promises sub-$30k all-electric car in less than four years
Yes -- more breaking electric car news! Just after Tesla CEO Ze'ev Drori announced Telsa's plans to build the Model S, Elon Musk began discussing its development of electric car tech to get the price of future cars to (and below) $30,000.
Tesla announces the Model S: a $60k, all-electric, five passenger sports sedan
Our favorite Terminator (and Governor of California) Arnold Schwarzenegger has just helped Tesla Motors make an announcement that's probably sending chills through traditional automaker's boardrooms. The company has just introduced a fully-electri...
Subaru reveals its new Stella plug-in electric concept vehicle
Subaru is using next week's G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit to show off its new Stella prototype electric vehicle. The company has provided five cars for use at the event, and four will be used to transport delegates and officials, with the fifth going ...
First commercially produced, electric aircraft coming soon
The idea of personal planes may conjure up dark visions of “Blade Runner,” but the first batch of two-seater aircraft to fly on electricity rather than fossil fuels could reach more than a dozen buyers by year's end. And if some fans of experiment...
Sonata gets interior overhaul
Hyundai's mainstream family sedan, the Sonata, has been redesigned for the 2009 model year. Changes include revised exterior styling, a new interior, and available four-cylinder and V-6 engines that both gain more power and are also more fuel-effi...
Porsche Panamera Hybrid
The Panamera, Porsche's first-ever sedan, is slated to arrive next year.
Latest addition to the Tata's fleet of cars
With Tata's DiCOR technology becoming increasingly popular, every Tata vehicle seems to be getting the DiCOR treatment. The latest addition to Tata's fleet of cars is the new Indigo CS DiCOR with which they've gone all out to appease the younger ...
Automotive PR to launch electric car
A California-based electric car pioneer has drafted in agency support to launch the world's first all-electric sports car in Europe. Automotive PR has been brought on board by Tesla Motors for the launch project this summer.
Volvo Cars to cut 2,000 jobs
Volvo Car Corporation, owned by struggling auto giant Ford, said on Wednesday it would cut 2,000 jobs across its operations.
Versace to design Lamborghini interiors
Versace has agreed to design the interior of a limited edition Lamborghini car and its accompanying accessories like gloves and bags in the latest collaboration between the two luxury brands.
GM to offer zero percent financing on trucks: dealer
General Motors Corp is offering zero-percent financing for 72 months on pickup trucks and SUVs as record high gas prices have hurt sales of large vehicles, a GM dealer briefed on the plans told Reuters on Monday.
When cool meets the cat - BMW Gina
BMW design supremo "Crazy" Chris Bangle has done it again. Just when we thought his flame-surfacing mojo had deserted him, it turns out that he's been hiding his masterpiece – the subject of more rumours than the Rooney wedding and Fern Britton's ...
Four days at the wheel of a hydrogen car
Nichola Groom covers alternative energy issues in the United States for Reuters News. Based in Los Angeles, she has spent the last six months reporting on the burgeoning renewables industry, visiting facilities that turn cow manure into natural ga...
Toyota develops improved hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle
TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp. said on Friday it has developed an advanced fuel-cell vehicle that can run for 830 km (516 miles) on a single tank of hydrogen and in temperatures as low as 30 degrees Celsius below freezing (-22 F).