Mercedes-Benz is working on an affordable B-Class hydrogen fuel-cell car that will see production, on a small-scale, before the end of 2009. It is likely that this hydrogen vehicle will at least somewhat based on the BlueZero concept (pictured above) that was revealed to a lot of interest earlier this year at the Detroit Auto [...]

Elon Musk, Tesla Motor’s CEO, appeared on Letterman last night and got a chance to plug Tesla’s Roadster and Model S. Both vehicles are electric cars, apparently a powertrain that Letterman has particular fondness for. At the end of Musk’s appearance on the Letterman he got to wheel out a Tesla Model S and state [...]

Chrysler is expected to file for bankruptcy today, becoming the first major automaker to file for Chapter 11. President Obama was scheduled to deliver a noon ET address to discuss the bankruptcy plan. The Treasury is expected to provide financing for the company while it is in bankruptcy with the intent that the automaker will [...]

Thinking of buying a green home in France? Well now might be a good time to do it since Welcome in France is offering a free Tesla Roadster for each of its new ecological luxury-home developments. The eco-friendly housing is located on the outskirts of Paris, makes use of solar panels, geothermal energy, private water [...]

AFS Trinity loves to boast about its Saturn Vue-based Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle. Since AFS Trinity launched last year it’s been making a lot of noise about this hybrid with claims of it being capable of 150mpg. AFS Trinity applied for some of the Department of Energy’s $2.5 billion in loans back in January to [...]

The good folks over at Autoblog Green have been pestering Chevrolet for a chance to take the Volt for a spin for a long time. Well, they finally got their chance when they were invited to try out a Chevy Volt prototype. In the above test drive video, Volt Vehicle Line Executive Tony Posawatz explains [...]

This morning, GM announced they were cutting 21,000 jobs and getting rid of Pontiac. Plans are in place to close more factories as the automaker fights to avoid bankruptcy. GM has been surviving on on $15.4 billion in government loans and revealed that it envisions receiving an additional $11.6 billion. But if GM’s restructuring plan [...]

A recent study that was brought before the California Air Resources Board on Thursday found that with a greater exposure to vehicle air pollution incidents of childhood asthma increased by as much as 30 percent. While a link between car pollution and asthma is nothing new, what is new with the findings of this study [...]

Back in January Fiat and Chrysler struck a deal that saw Fiat get a 35 percent stake in Chrysler for which they’d get to use some of Fiat’s engine designs. Now, according to Quattroroute Magazine, it looks like Fiat is designing a hybrid system specifically for small cars which Chrysler will get to make use [...]

With everyone worked up about the upcoming Toyota Prius Hybrid it’s no wonder that ears are perking up at the rumors of Toyota coming out with a Toyota RAV4 Hybrid. Toyota’s could be described as the hybrid technology front runner and a RAV4 Hybrid might be just the ticket to take their lead to the [...]