How Sporty Will Toyota’s Prius G Sports Hybrid Really Be?

Toyota G Sports Concept Hybrid

Rumors about a sportier line-up of Toyota Prius coupes and more powerful Lexus hybrids have been making the press round for months – but how sporty will those new, “aggressive” Prius hybrids be? TRD’s latest G-Sports 3 might point the way. You can check out a full gallery of photos from Response.jp in this article [...]

Tiny Urban Train Can Deliver Your Pizza, Save the World (video)

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Delivery and courier services are some of the cornerstones of our civilization – whether it’s the pony express, snail mail, UPS, or Dominos Pizza, the idea that we, as individuals, can receive physical goods from “out there” is something most of us take for granted. American delivery businesses, for the most part, run on oil, [...]

New eSpire Electric Bike Offers Better Range, Lower Price

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This is the “Third Element” eSpire electric bicycle from Germany, which was revealed at this year’s Eurobike 2011 show over the Labor Day weekend.

EVs Wearing Gas-Guzzlers’ Skin – No New Designs for VW Electric Cars

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Electric cars from Volkswagen don’t need to look like electric cars, according to VW Design Chief Walter de Silva, nor do they need to have their own brand on the market (like, say, BMW).

Fast Charging Stations a Go in Texas!

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NRG Energy has grown its network of charging stations to include Freedom Stations, a fast-charging option for EV motorists in the Houston and Dallas/Ft. Worth areas in Texas. Freedom Stations give those EV owners who have subscribed to the eVgo network the freedom to charge wherever they find an NRG Energy’s eVgo EV Charging station.

Recycled Hawtness: Electric Willys Jeep Proves Picard > Kirk

Electric Jeep

Mike Picard is cooler than me. He’s also cooler than that snobby Shakespearean starship captain I referenced in the title. I don’t know you, but odds are that Mike Picard is cooler than you, too. That’s Mike up there, rocking along in a fully “restored” Willys Jeep … his better than new, military-grade, go-anywhere, home-built, plug-in, electric Willys overland Jeep.

The Leaf Continues to Outsell the Volt as Fall Approaches

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Nissan’s total sales of the Leaf Electric car have hit 6,187 since December. In comparison, Chevy has sold only 3,498 Volts in the United States in the same time frame, a nearly 2-1 ratio in favor of the leaf.

Drive a Hybrid? Race It at the Fuji Speedway!

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The Fuji Speedway had a slightly unusual race last month – instead of supercars going super fast, rows of perfectly normal hybrid cars lined up for a two-hour endurance race called the Summer Eco Car Cup 2011. The race is held every year in August, and anyone with a hybrid car is welcome to participate. Oh, and the car has to be one you can buy at a dealer – perfectly normal hybrid cars only.