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Tesla's San Jose Plant Nixed In Huge Setback

NBC Bay Area | Posted 03.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Tesla Motors, Finance, Cars, Venture Capital, Green Economy, Green Cars, Green Technology, California, Green News

The San Jose Business Times reported Thursday afternoon that the car company could not get the $100 million in venture capital it needed to build the ...

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Toyota Is Tops In Sales, But Where Is It In Efficiency?

ecomodder.com | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Automakers, Chevrolet, Fuel Efficiency, Toyota Sales, Cars, Toyota, Green Cars, Green Technology, Green News

To illustrate the gap between the perception of Toyota as a fuel efficient automaker (at least in the US) and the truth, let's take a look at CNN's li...

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Electric Lobster Car And 14 Other Weird Electric Cars

WebEcoist | Posted 02.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Cars, Hyperion Concept Car, Green Cars, Electric Cars, Green News

There's no shortage of imagination in the world of electric vehicle design, as proven by these unbelievably bizarre and creative examples of forward-t...

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The Most Fuel-Efficient Cars Of 2009

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Pontiac Solstice, Most Efficient Cars, Cars, Green Cars, Toyota Prius, Green News

Most Efficient Two-Seaters 1. 2009 Smart Fortwo Convertible and Smart Fortwo Coupe These cars get 33mpg city and 41 mpg highway. They use...

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Is Detroit Preparing To Bully Americans Into Polluting?

APEsphere | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Automakers, Carbon Emissions, Obama Environment, Emissions Standards, Cars, Pollution, Green Cars, Green News

Remember Burger King's old slogan, "Have It Your Way?" Looks like the auto industry's about to recycle it. Industry insiders are worried that Presiden...

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Obama Hands Car Keys To "Bold, Bipartisan" California

AP | SAMANTHA YOUNG | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Emissions Standards, Obama Environment, Cars, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Pollution, Barack Obama, California, Environment, Climate Change, Green Politics, Green Cars, Green Technology, Green News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California was handed a big environmental victory when President Barack Obama endorsed a key part of the state's greenhouse...

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Why Tesla Motors Won't Likely Get Government Help

BusinessWeek | David Welch | Posted 02.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Automakers, Automaker Bailout, Tesla Roadster, Tesla Motors, Gm, Electric Cars, Cars, Green Cars, Green Technology, Green News

Policymakers will need to decide whether Tesla can survive in a cutthroat marketplace. Being small makes the company nimble but not necessarily scalab...

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Obama Expected To Allow States To Toughen Emissions Laws

Los Angeles Times | Ken Bensinger | Posted 02.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Automakers, Auto Emissions, Cars, Pollution, Green Cars, Barack Obama, California, Green News

Not long after assuming the presidency, Obama is expected to grant a waiver allowing California and more than a dozen other states to enforce their ow...

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'Cash for Clunkers' Finds its Congressional Sponsors

Washington Independent | Mike Lillis | Posted 02.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Gas, Alternative Energy, Fuel Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Dianne Feinstein, Charles Schumer, Susan Collins, Electric Cars, Environment, Oil, Fuel-Efficient Cars, Stimulus Plan, Green Stimulus, Green Cars, Green Policy, Cash for Clunkers, Green News

How's this for a stimulus plan? A trio of senators introduced legislation today allowing owners of gas-guzzlers to trade their vehicles in for thousa...

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World's First Street Legal Flying Car Powered By Biofuel

TreeHugger.com | Posted 02.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Cars, Flying Car, Biofuels, Street Legal Flying Car, Green Cars, Green News

The biofueled flying car was unveiled in London, in preparations for taking off on an expedition from the UK to Timbuktu. The first leg of a long jour...

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It's All Business at Depressed Auto Show

Daniel Hernandez | Posted 02.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Automaker Bailout, Jim Press, Chrysler, Gm, Naias, Detroit Three, Detroit Auto Show, Detroit Automakers, Automaker Bridge Loan, Richard Wagoner, General Motors, Detroit Three Loans, Detroit, Michigan, Chevy Volt, Green Cars, Cadillac Converj, Auto Bailout, Business News
Daniel Hernandez

It was a different kind of auto show this year in Detroit. Gone were the celebrity presenters, the pyrotechnics, the herd of cattle escorting new pickups to the media pool. Those days are over.

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Automakers, Fearing for Their Lives, Are Going Green Fast

Hank Green | Posted 02.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Automakers, Automaker Bailout, Chevy Volt, Big Three Automakers, Naias, Economy, Toyota Prius, Cars, Green Living, Cadillac Converj, Green Cars, Green Technology, Green News
Hank Green

The more Ford, GM and Chrysler talk about their electric vehicles, the more they appear to be actually innovating, instead of stagnating.

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2010 Prius To Get 50 MPG, Solar Roof

EcoGeek | Posted 02.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Naias, Solar Roof, Toyota Prius, Electric Cars, Cars, 2010 Prius Mileage, 2010 Prius, Green Cars, Green Technology, Solar Power, Green News

Toyota just unveiled the third generation Toyota Prius, a car that has absolutely revolutionized the industry and what it means to be environmentally ...

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Cadillac Converj: An Electric Car Made For Obama?

EcoGeek | Posted 02.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Naias, Gm, Electric Cadillac, Cars, Cadillac, Cadillac Converj, Green Cars, Green Technology, Converj, Cadiliac Electric Car, Green News

EcoGeek's Hank Green went to the North American International Auto Show and found all kinds of good stuff. One of our favorites here at HuffPost is th...

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Chrysler 200C: Electric Car Surprise At Auto Show

Clean Technology | Posted 02.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Chrysler, Naias, Cars, Chrysler 200C, Green Cars, Green Technology, Detroit Auto Show, Green News

Well, yesterday I indicated that there might not be room for many surprises at this year's Detroit auto show, but I was just plain wrong. The first on...

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International Auto Show Features Green Cars -- Which Will Survive?

EcoGeek | Posted 02.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Automakers, North American International Auto Show, Electric Cars, Cars, Green Cars, Naias, 2010 Prius, Green News

BYD will be showing of the world's first production plug-in vehicle, and whil it won't be available in the U.S. until 2011, it's pretty impressive tha...

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Coconut-Based Car Parts Could Reduce Synthetic Polyester

blogs.discovery.com | Alyssa Danigelis | Posted 02.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Coconut Car Parts, Cars, Alternative Materials, Green Cars, Coconuts, Green News

There is clearly not enough news involving coconuts. Fortunately, Baylor University in Texas is remedying that with a way to turn unwanted coconut hus...

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Going Green For Beer: Poor Mass Transit In The US Makes Alcohol More Dangerous

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 02.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Mass Transit, Green Living, Green Cars, Drinking, Alcohol, Beer, Public Transportation, Green News

President-Elect Barack Obama is under pressure from all sides to create exactly the right kind of economic stimulus package -- some want it green, som...

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Which Is Greener: Keeping Old Car Or Getting New Green One?

thedailygreen.com | Posted 02.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Gas, Oil, Waste, Cars, Green Living, Pollution, Green Cars, Green News

Dear EarthTalk: Is it better to drive an older, well-maintained car that gets about 25 miles per gallon, or to buy a new car that gets about 35 miles ...

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Perfect Storm for Innovation Gathers in Washington

Neil Young | Posted 02.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Auto Bailout, Green Cars, Big Three Automakers, Better Place, Fuel Efficiency, Cars, Car Czar, Green Living, The Automotive X Prize, Neil Young, 100 Days, Green News
Neil Young

Innovators should swarm like locusts on Washington in January, February and March to show the Car Czar how to make fuel-efficient cars.

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AP: Toyota Secretly Developing Solar Powered Green Car

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 02.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Cars, Solar Cars, Toyota, Toyota Solar Car, Green Cars, Toyota Green Car, Toyota Solar, Solar-Powered Cars, Green News

TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. is secretly developing a vehicle that will be powered solely by solar energy in an effort to turn around its struggli...

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Ford Fusion Hybrid Mileage: 41 City, 36 Highway

AP | Posted 01.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Ford Fusion Hybrid Mileage, Ford, Ford Fusion Hybrid, Cars, Hybrid Cars, Green Cars, Green News

DETROIT — Ford Motor Co.'s much ballyhooed 2010 Fusion Hybrid will get 41 city miles per gallon and 36 mpg on highways, based on final certifica...

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Low Gas Prices May Doom Automakers, Sustainability Expert William McDonough Warns

Diane Tucker | Posted 01.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Bank of America, Auto Bailout, Model U, Renault, Us Gasoline Prices, William McDonough, Shai Agassi Car Project, Israel Electric Cars, Green Energy, Nissan, Green Cars, Gasoline Prices, Electric Cars, Oil Prices, Sustainable Architecture Innovator William McDonough, Auto Industry, Shai Agassi, Sustainability, Green News
Diane Tucker

Why solicit McDonough's opinion? Because this architect and author, and one of Time magazine's Heroes of the Planet, is no stranger to Detroit or the greening of industrial processes.

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Enviros Fuming Over Use Of "Green" Auto Money

usatoday.com | Posted 01.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Cars, Automaker Bailout, Pollution, Green Cars, CAFE Standards, Green News

Environmental groups are disappointed that money put aside to aid automakers to produce more fuel-efficient cars is now going to fund their operations...

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The Inspired Auto Bailout Of Tom Friedman's Dreams

Huffington Post | Posted 01.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Thomas Friedman, Tom Friedman, Automaker Bailout, Electric Cars, Better Place, Cars, Shai Agassi, Green Cars, Tom Friedman Shai Agassi, Green News

Tom Friedman's column today bemoans the lack of foresight and innovative thinking in Detroit. While the topic isn't particularly new -- can you think ...

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