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The Detroit Electric car, which first when into production in 1907 is being revived and transformed into the Zap Alias due out in 2009.

As if Swatch-designed Smart Cars weren't already green enough, now the head cheese for the Swiss company wants them to run on fuel cells as well.

In keeping with this week’s transportation theme, we’ve spent a lot of time discussing automobile dependence and ways to break the habit. Many people own a car or truck because of convenience, but none of us like the side effects - traffic, increased travel time, increased emissions, and smog. In today’s post we analyzed a few of the ways to reduce automobile dependence. Note that not every idea works in every situation, but certainly a combination of ideas can help us all in someway.

Several reasons you may own an electric car in the near future.