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Electric vehicles and hybrids are often more expensive than their gas-fed counterparts. But a bike that costs more than the Nissan LEAF? Now that’s a beast of a machine. This is stuff straight from a serious mountain biker’s wet dream.

Mitsubishi is allowing people to operate a new Outlander from the comfort of their own home for the next 10 days. Using several web cams, the Live Drive gives you the feeling out looking out the windshield right from your computer monitor. Just press a few keys and you can [...]

Stratasys Inc. has announced a new green vehicle which they have dubbed the Urbee. The car, which has a decidedly futuristic look featuring a huge front windshield that gives the look of the entire front of the car, is made of glass.

While there have been plenty of ways to try and keep an Electric Vehicle (EV) viable in an effort to turn America green, the newest way might just be the best to date. Electric Motors and Vehicles (EMAV) has come up with a trailer you can hitch onto the back [...]

For most people, those tiny, tinny earphones that come with media players will suffice. However, for true music lovers and audiophiles, there’s no substitute for high-quality headphones with better dynamic range. These usually require their own power, though, and will need battery replacements. What if you could combine quality with [...]

American automaker Ford has launched a new website that is geared towards educating the public about green vehicles such as electric cars and Hybrids. In addition to technical details about Ford’s line of cars and trucks the site works interactively to show the difference between different types of green machines.

San Francisco is gaining quite a reputation as a “Green” City.  After recently going Green in their Pier 27 Harbor area, the city is going green in their mass transit as well.  Better Place has just been awarded a contract that will allow it to bring its electric taxis and [...]

Advocates of eco-friendliness warn against using gas-guzzling vehicles when you have better alternatives. And for short trips, what’s better than exercising your legs and simply walking or biking? But for those people who simply don’t want to sweat it, a motorized alternative is probably the best.

Despite a planning period of just six months Russian Billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov has launched his new hybrid car even though it has yet to have a title. Prokhorov’s Onexim group has partnered with Russian truck manufacturer Yarovit in the creation of what is now simply called the “City Car”.

Solar and wind power are viewed as among today’s leading renewable energy technologies. However, one hitch remains–you need space. Solar panels typically need big rooftops or large parcels of land. Wind turbines also need open spaces for harvesting wind. The larger the surface area, the more power that can be [...]