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I was disgusted this morning to see the “news” on yahoo’s main page, with the headline of “Most dangerous kind of car on the road?” and “These cars are invisible.” Here's a little debunking for you.

Toyota has announced that they have a very good problem: they are selling so many hybrid vehicles that they can barely keep up with the demand for the batteries that go in them.

Imagine the city of the future, now imagine that it’s the coolest city ever, because, well, it is. PopSci has put together what is probably the most comprehensive model of a futuristic city which utilizes green technologies and we have to say, it’s awesome.

More news about the Th!nk City have been coming in since we last talked about it in April. The EV that really drives like a car will be sold for a rumored sub-$25 000 price point in showrooms across North-America in 2009. They plan to be selling 50,000 vehicles a year.

At the beginning, we hoped to get 500 completed surveys in 10 days. We achieved this on day 5 and now we want to see how far we can go with the remaining time.

The New York Times reported on Tuesday that Nissan plans to sell electric cars in the US in 2010. Nissan’s chief executive, Carlos Ghosn, said the company was motivated to accelerate the development of battery-powered vehicles by high gas prices and environmental concerns.

We have been talking about the Th!nk City a few weeks back but we never would of thought this car would be coming to the U.S. market. The EV that really drives like a car will be sold for a rumored sub-$25 000 price point. It’s intended to be in showrooms in 2009.

The two leading manufacturers of electric cars in the US are involved in a serious quarrel over alleged theft of vehicle design and trade secrets. Tesla Motors, who recently began production of their electric Roadster, claims that Henrik Fisker took on an $875,000 design contract with Tesla in order to access confidential design information.

What would you do if the company you work for says you can have - for free - a worn out battery powered forklift that’s collecting dust in the corner of a warehouse? If you’re Russ Gries you’d say, “dirt cheap, home-built electric motorcycle, here I come!”

The Chevrolet Volt is a plug-in hybrid concept car created by General Motors. Concept Chevy Volt is an electric vehicle with an innovative rechargeable electric drive system that runs on electricity, gasoline, E85 or biodiesel. In this video clip we take a closer look at this concept car that is scheduled to reach showrooms in late 2010.

General Motors Corp showed off its progress in developing the highly anticipated Chevrolet Volt and detailed its road map for bringing the rechargeable car to the market by 2010, an ambitious time line challenged by some rivals.

The Nissan Denki Cube all-electric concept car was unveiled at the 2008 New York International Auto Show and gives a glimpse at the future of EV's.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory found that nighttime charging of plug-in hybrids would not increase electricity demand over baseline levels. But if owners charge their vehicles during the day, it could require the construction of 160 new power plants.

Not everyone is waiting until 2010 to get their first plug-in hybrid. As I reported previously, Hybrids Plus out of Boulder, CO, is offering conversions for the Toyota Prius and Ford Escape hybrids, turning them into 100 MPG+ superstars. Check them out...

While plug-in hybrids offer great increases in fuel efficiency, they may come at a surprising cost: water. A recent study from Environmental Science & Technology found that plug-ins require the consumption of 3 times more water, and the withdrawal of 17 times more water, than their gasoline counterparts.