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After many years of development, the long awaited Tesla all electric vehicle is now a reality. Tesla opened their first flagship dealership in Hollywood Thursday and plans to open the next dealership in a couple of months next to their home base in San Carlos.

The Hymotion by A123Systems is a PHEV (plug-in hybrid electric vehicle) module that has just rolled out that will enable Toyota Prius owners to achieve 100 mpg.

Brian Forde looked around Nicaragua, saw the prevalence of three wheeled bikes, carrying cargo, people, ice cream, and had an idea: create a pedal powered mobile version of the phone call shop, able to go wherever the people are.

Peugeot Citreon has teamed up with fuel cell maker Intelligent Energy to unveil the H2Origin hydrogen hybrid delivery van, which will make runs around the UK.

New hybrid vehicle registrations went up 38 percent in 2007 and are expected to keep growing this year!

It’s not quite the same type of hybrid drive-train you’d see in street vehicles, but in an exciting announcement, Max Mosely of F1 has announced that all cars will become hybrid by 2013, along with other changes to the vehicles.

Volkswagen has made a tradition from launching new versions of their famous little sporty car. This time they want to beat Toyota’s Prius, the long-time established standard in the hybrid car industry. VW says they will make a diesel version of Golf, with a smaller and smarter engine (of only 1.2L), aided by an electric engine.

Lower Footprint takes a 2009 Toyota Camry out for a spin. Part One of a two part report.

You might've guessed, but the problem is bigger than just putting oil in our cars. Moving towards electric propulsion is a big part of the solution though.

In 2009 General Motors will debut a full-size pickup truck that will offer 40% better city driving fuel economy and 25% better overall fuel economy.

GM’s plug-in hybrid electric car, the Chevy Volt, will have its lithium-ion batteries road-tested by end of the month. Engineers have already been testing the Volt’s electrical hybrid system, the so-called E-Flex architecture, but only with nickel-metal hydride hybrid batteries in place.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car officially launched four “green branches” of their offices in Atlanta, Georgia. This is an effort to increase the number of hybrids and fuel-efficient cars that they rent out to drivers.

Lexus and Fairmont hotels join to create luxurious eco-friendly suites for travellers who want to stay green while they're not in their homes. The package deal also includes the use of a brand new Lexus LS 600h L.

Carnegie Mellon just put out a new study discussing the GHG impact of conventional cars, hybrids, and plug-ins. The most interesting conclusion is that unless we clean up the grid, PHEVs aren't really worth that much. Still beat the pants of standard cars though!

Boeing has just shown off the world's first hydrogen fuel cell hybrid electric manned airplane to fly, a zero emissions vehicle, which climbed to 3,300-feet and cruised at 62 mph.