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 [...]

While the tax credits for hybrids are fast disappearing as more and more people are going green (and saving money on gas), there are still other financial advantages of hybrid ownership.
Hybrid auto insurance discounts vary greatly from company to company, and are not applicable to all coverage. Farmer’s was the first company to offer a [...]

Earlier this year at the Detroit Auto Show, GM announced that it was partnering with the University of Michigan to create the Advanced Battery Coalition for Drivetrains (ABCD). The objective of ABCD has been on researching batteries as they pertain to automotive applications.
Now they have announced the creation of the GM/U-M Institute of Automotive Research [...]

If you’re looking to get around town this Earth Day, the smiling Peapod car might be your best bet. Chrysler has outfitted the Neighborhood Electric Vehicle with an iPhone docking station, which also transforms the iPhone into the car’s key.
Another nifty feature is that the iPhone will also work as a green meter, outlining the [...]

If you’re looking for a vehicle that does 75 miles per gallon and has a top speed of 55 miles per hour then you might want to check out the Scoot Coupe.
While the Scoot Coupe might look like a golf cart it’s actually more like a motorcycle with three wheels, passenger seat and handlebars instead [...]

Ready for your flying car? You’ve been asking for it for decades and finally you’ll get a chance to own one.
In 2010 Parajet International Ltd will see its SkyCar produced by Rage Motorsport Ltd. Once the SkyCar is built Parajet will add all the parts that are needed to make it fly.
When we first heard [...]

IKEA, the makers of furniture that we love to hate, have created a viral marketing campaign that will supposedly unveil a new, eco-friendly car. Now if this thing comes in a trillion pieces along with an allen wrench, well, you may want to give this one a long, hard think before you purchase. Chances are, [...]

The fact that the new Tata Nano is hitting the market today in its home country of India is pretty impressive given that it managed to maintain it’s One Lakh ($1985 USD) price point.
The Nano faced a rise in the cost of a lot of its raw materials, especially steel, but stood it’s ground and [...]

Newark, Delaware is taking another step on the path to building an energy grid that uses cars as storage for electricity. A grant from the U.S. Department of Energy for $750,000 will allow the two-way flow of energy project to buy five more augmented electric cars and to add six more people to the research [...]