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Get alternative transportation news and reviews on green commuting, electric cars and hybrid vehicles.

  • Alejandro Agag

    Drivers, start your batteries: Electric cars to race

    Thu, Sep 13, 2012 9:44 AM by Sebastian Smith, AFP

    Alejandro Agag, CEO of Formula E Holdings, says the global championship will help finally make electric cars popular.

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  • Wheel well of an airplane

    Airplane stowaway found dead after thousand foot fall

    Wed, Sep 12, 2012 11:30 AM by Eli MacKinnon, Life's Little Mysteries

    A man who stowed away on an airplane from North Africa to London may have survived the flight inside the plane's wheel well before it opened and ejected him into the sky.

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    The pedal bus: Carrying the party faithful, and party hoppers too

    Mon, Sep 10, 2012 5:12 PM by Jim Motavalli

    These pedal buses saw action at the Democratic and Republican conventions. But this unique form of human-powered transportation is more often either a beer-soaked party barge or a school bus.

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  • 2014 Honda Accord PHEV

    First drive: 2014 Honda Accord PHEV

    Mon, Sep 10, 2012 12:37 PM by Melissa Hincha-Ownby

    Honda will enter the plug-in hybrid market with the early 2013 release of the Accord PHEV.

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  • Smith School Bus

    Electric trucks help recharge the Bronx

    Fri, Sep 07, 2012 3:07 PM by Jim Motavalli

    Smith Electric Vehicles is bringing zero-emission electric trucks to the heart of New York City, and will be making them there, too. Satisfied customers include Duane Reade, Pepsi and Frito-Lay.

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  • Pope Benedict XVI shakes hands with Renault chairman Carlos Ghosn after he was presented with a new electric car.

    Pope gets new electric car to drive around the Vatican

    Thu, Sep 06, 2012 11:59 AM by Agence France-Presse

    The Kangoo Maxi Z.E. model bearing the pontifical crest of arms on its side may also be used to shuttle the pope between churches outside the Vatican.

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  • Dan Senor on Meet the Press

    Prominent Romney advisor has different approach to green energy

    Tue, Sep 04, 2012 5:40 PM by Jim Motavalli

    As Bob Dylan asked, 'Señor, señor, can you tell me where we're heading?' Dan Senor has the Republican nominee's ear on Israel and other topics, so what's he saying about electric cars and clean energy? We'll know after the election.

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  • sean and yoko

    The ballad of Sean and Yoko: Anti-fracking, for renewables

    Thu, Aug 30, 2012 2:20 PM by Jim Motavalli

    The new Artists Against Fracking makes a compelling case against opening up New York state to natural gas drilling. It's fuzzier about the energy sources that can replace it. Renewables are great, but not yet ready to carry the full load.

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    Japan toilet maker unveils 'poop-powered' motorbike

    Thu, Aug 30, 2012 5:55 AM by Agence France-Presse

    Billed as the world's first waste-powered vehicle, it can travel as far as 180 miles on a tank filled with animal waste.

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  • toy car plugged into wall outlet

    Charging an electric car at home

    Wed, Aug 29, 2012 4:38 PM by Networx.com

    Electric cars can be charged with a 3-pronged outlet or a charging dock. The primary differences are charging time and cost.

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    U.S. hikes mileage standards for cars, trucks

    Tue, Aug 28, 2012 5:25 PM by Veronica Smith, AFP

    New national fuel economy rules require new cars and trucks in 2025 to average nearly double the fuel mileage of 2012 model vehicles.

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  • 1960 Ford Falcon

    5 postwar American cars that set trends

    Tue, Aug 28, 2012 9:42 AM by Jim Motavalli

    Some of the best and most influential designs between 1949 and 1963 were 'back-to-basics' stunners. Excess chrome and big fins weren't part of the equation.

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  • Cars

    Thousands of networked cars take to U.S. roads

    Wed, Aug 22, 2012 1:14 PM by InnovationNewsDaily Staff

    The U.S. Department of Transportation is conducting the 'largest ever real-world experiment' in Michigan to see how cars can benefit from communicating wirelessly while on the road.

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  • Los Angeles air pollution

    Study: Cleaner cars have reduced some Los Angeles air pollution levels by 98%

    Wed, Aug 22, 2012 12:14 PM by John Platt

    Pollution from cars has dropped 50% in the past decade, but the city still has the worst smog problem in the nation.

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  • Munich autobahn

    Germans prefer bigger engines

    Wed, Aug 22, 2012 12:07 PM by Agence France-Presse

    Cleaner diesel engines with more horsepower are contributing to the big engine craze in Germany.

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