The phone booth has lagged far behind its mobile cousin, fast becoming a vandalism prone relic of a bygone time. The Smart Booth aims to change that, offering wifi, touch screen enabled local information, pollution monitoring, security surveillance useful to area police, and more.

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Ford is requiring dealerships selling its EVs to meet environmental and expertise guidelines as the Focus Electric appears in more showrooms.

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For the first time in U.S. history the pain at the pump is not killing our economy. Here’s why.

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Abu Dhabi National Energy (TAQA), the United Arab Emirates state-owned oil exploration company, sold its 7 percent share of Tesla Motors.

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“Any Motor manufacturer without a compelling line up of electric vehicles [by 2025] is signing its death warrant.”

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Within the cavernous halls at CES 2012 were plenty of energy efficient, “green” and eco-friendly products along with OLED and smart TVs. Panasonic and Samsung led the pack.

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From the development of new urban mobility technologies, waste diversion to a commitment to greener cars, the new GM going forward is a new company as its CSR report reveals.

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The last piece of technology most carmakers have their fingerprint on is their internal combustion engines. Now, the rise of electric cars is threatening even that. But should car manufacturers be worried, or excited?

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The level of drama associated with the unveiling of a new model of car is something to behold – especially for someone who’s not particularly into cars.   At the crack of dawn this morning, with appropriately dramatic pomp at the North American International Auto show in Detroit, Ford CEO Alan Mulally and his team revealed several [...]

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Now that we are at the dawn of the electric car era is it too early to wonder what’s next in automobile technology? This article explores what I believe to likely be the next technology to continue the push of zero emissions vehicles.

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Ford is introducing a new range of electric, hybrid and plug-in hybrid passenger vehicles for 2012, which the company says will mean a third of their vehicle lines will feature a model with 40 miles-per-gallon, or more, next year. A 100% electric version of the latest generation Ford Focus, will initially go on sale in [...]

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It would probably strike you as somewhat out-of-place to even be talking about a car that won the British Top Gear TV show’s Luxury Car of the Year Award, in a magazine devoted to sustainability. After all, this is the kind of award that has historically gone to cars like the $405,000 453 HP Rolls [...]

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It was probably only a matter of time before we saw this story: An electric vehicle’s battery pack catches fire, drawing into question the safety of electric vehicles in general. Ever since lithium-ion batteries were found to sometimes catch fire in laptops or cell phones, sooner or later we’d most probably see the same thing [...]

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One of SK’s futuristic buildings in north Seoul, the T Tower, hosts T.um, or “Ubiquitous Museum.” The tour is part Avatar, part futuristic living room and also provides a view of how our transportation options are going to change.

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The Honda Civic Natural Gas won the 2012 Green Car of the Year, Green Car Journal announced during a press conference at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The Honda Civic Natural Gas is the only assembly-line produced natural gas vehicle manufactured for sale in the U.S. It gets 38 MPG, and comes with a $26,155 [...]

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Makers of electric vehicles (EVs) still have some kinks to work out when it comes to charging the battery. The biggest kink is taking an EV from something you can only drive around town to a car you can use on long trips. Tesla Motors, the only American all-EV car manufacturer, is working on a [...]

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There are important breakthroughs in transportation technology that you might not know about.

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Over the past year, the success of mass market electric cars has been judged on just two products; the  Nissan LEAF and Chevrolet Volt – and of these, only the LEAF is truly fully electric. Year-to-date sales figures through the end of October, reveal that 8,048 LEAFs versus 5,003 Volts have been sold in the [...]

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Imagine being next to a Mercedes at an urban red traffic light while test driving the all electric Nissan Leaf. You are sitting there wondering, “Is this going to be embarrassing? Will the car behind me honk at me for being too slow in moving forward when the light turns green?” Now imagine your satisfying [...]

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It’s been a fantastic year for electric vehicle technology company, Mission Motors. In July this year, the company’s electric racing bike, the Mission R, (at right) won the TTXGP at Laguna Seca by a sizable margin; show-casing their technology against a competitive field of other EV motorcycle developers, while demonstrating comparable performance with gasoline-powered racing [...]

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The car rental market is one market that is constantly getting greener, offering a growing number of green services from the newest electric cars to car sharing programs. Yet surprisingly, none of the major car rental companies, until now, have published a sustainability report. Well, that was true until last week when Enterprise Holdings (which [...]

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Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. announced its six-year environmental plan, Nissan Green Program 2016 (NGP 2016) on October 24, a plan which sets high goals for the car company. One of the goals of NGP 2016 is for Nissan to become the industry leader in zero emission vehicle sales. The program, which is Nissan’s third environmental [...]

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Earlier this year, Ford announced its ongoing commitment to vehicle electrification. The automaker will be sticking to expansions in four-wheel offerings, but, surprisingly they’re also also turning their attention to two-wheelers: E-bikes. While this change represents a radical departure from the company’s core offering, it’s a logical move nonetheless. Vehicle electrification might be the sort [...]

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Electric cars are coming to dealers near you. The question is, should you buy one? After testing driving the Mitsubishi i Electric Car and the Chevy Volt the encouraging answer is yes. These cars will provide us with energy independence at a lower cost than gasoline, and they are fun to drive to boot. I [...]

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Why is America still addicted to oil despite the pain we continuously suffer at the gasoline pump? Today’s gasoline prices are at record high levels for this time of year at approximately $1 more per gallon than this time last year. And oil supplies are now so volatile that they create economic disruption. It appears [...]

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Sustainability Guru Heads Up an Exiting Day of Alt-Vehicle Fun, at Northern California Racetrack Sustainability leader L. Hunter Lovins is well-known for her love of horses, and her ubiquitous 10-gallon hat. It just so happens that she also has love affair with a completely different kind of horsepower: the kind generated by noisy creatures with [...]

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When auto makers get serious about developing a performance car, they invariably take a trip to Germany’s fabled test track, the Nürburgring Nordschleife, to gather data to engineer a true drivers car. The track is a popular test ground since it offers 40 left-hand bends, 50 right-hand bends with extreme gradients to fully put a [...]

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This week the Volvo announced a strategic partnership with Siemens to work on the development of electrical drive technology, charging technology, and battery management.

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In an interview with the Financial Times, Jurgen Leohold, Volkswagen’s head of research, revealed that a new electric-powered, experimental car will be announced on September 8.

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Hot on the heels of the meltdown of Green Vehicles, yet another electric vehicle start-up is showing signs that it may not make it to the finish line. Carlsbad, California-based Aptera Motors announced today that it is refunding all customer deposits taken for its unique-looking, 2-seat, 3-wheeled, Aptera 2e electric vehicles. The announcement comes only [...]

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