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Yes, 60 MPG from a turbodiesel production car that will be available in the US in 2009. For someone who doesn't even like carbon fuels, this is pretty amazing.

Designed to accommodate the latest battery and motor technology and reflect its 100% electric power and performance, the electric Lightning prototype is being hand-built by a small team of passionate British engineers, designers and collaborators.

Small cars led sales in a slumping U.S. auto market in the first quarter of 2008.

What a fun idea. But why?

  Teams from around the world are gearing up for the Automotive X Prize, a competition that will award part of $10 million to the team that builds the cleanest production-ready 100 MPGe (mile per gallon equivalent) vehicle.

It's an electric world.

When buying a car is alleged to be eco-friendly ... A French (translated) campaign. But maybe in your country soon. Can Volkswagen count on us ?

President of the German automotive industry association, Matthias Wissmann, told a news conference recently "We don’t want Germany to became a nation of small car owners".

So, you think concept cars that run on alternative fuels are thing of the future?...Well that´s not entirely true, at least not for Honda.

"Americans can make a difference in the fate of the penguin population by leaving the car at home and taking a motorcoach," Pantuso said. "Motorcoaches reduce congestion and pollution by taking more than 425 million cars off the road each year. Coaches provide the same congestion mitigation benefits as transit buses in that we have the capacity to take up to 55 cars, per coach, off the road at one time."

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A computer-controlled system of multicolored lights shines down on a satellite photo of the L.A. basin; each color represents a different airborne pollutant. If regional air pollution levels are low, the lights get brighter; if levels increase, they grow dim. Every 15 minutes, the computer receives data from a website that records local air quality and the structure fills with fog, diffusing the lights in a cloud of haze

As part of the Panasonic World Solar Challenge in Australian Steve Ryan is getting ready to drive more than 1,800 miles from Darwin to Adelaide on a blend of waste oil and water and using an old 1989 Toyota Land Cruiser .

Iconoclastic car company founded by automotive entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin hopes to research and innovate green vehicles., out from under the long shadow of Detroit.

Will Ferrell, actor and comedian, has just been handed the keys to a BMW Hydrogen 7 luxury automobile for everyday use. This is a far cry from the gas-guzzling car he drove on "Talladega Nights."