Toyota has just issued a massive recall of 3.8 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles due to potentially lethal floor mats. An advisory has been issued that strongly suggests that drivers of the recalled vehicles remove the mats until they can be replaced. The mats apparently led to the Toyota recall because of their propensity to [...]

In the last two years the number of potential vehicle purchasers who are considering making their next vehicle an electric car, has doubled. It seems that supply and demand will be keeping pace too as the number of electric car options available to buyers is gaining serious momentum over the next year or two. The [...]

Better Place unveiled its electric car software (AutOS) at the Frankfurt Motor Show today and it adds a whole new dimension to what we might expect to see in a typical electric car of the near future. Better Place is in the process of building a network of battery swapping stations for electric cars. The [...]

The world’s first algae-fueled vehicle, which is called the Algaeus, has started its long green drive across America. The car, a converted plug-in Prius outfitted with a nickel-metal hydride battery and filled with a blend of 5% algae and 95% gasoline from Sapphire Energy, set out from San Francisco yesterday and will take 10 days [...]

For the fifth year in a row BMW has won the Dow Jones Sustainability Index World award for Greenest Automaker of the Year. It’s odd since when most people think of green cars, their minds probably don’t jump to BMW, but in the eyes of Dow Jones, when you look at the full life cycle [...]

It’s called the BMW Vision, and it’s a car not only looks like it flew from another planet, it’s a car that has an ultra-efficient turbo-diesel engine and two electric motors. This ultra eco-concept that could make it the greenest sports car since the super pricey Tesla Roadster. Tthe 400 mile range makes the Vision [...]