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Nissan Uses Fish-Inspired Design to Increase Car Safety

Nissan Uses Fish-Inspired Design to Increase Car Safety

Believe it or not, vehicle designers can learn a lot from fish, which have the impressive ability to glide around obstacles, all while staying in a tightly controlled pack. If cars were able to do the

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Top 5 Alternative Autos From the Frankfurt Motor Show

Top 5 Alternative Autos From the Frankfurt Motor Show

The Frankfurt International Motor Show or Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung (IAA) is the world’s largest car show, and we were thrilled to discover a slew of incredibly clean machines this year.

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Nissan Announces Fully-Electric Leaf Vehicle for 2011

Nissan Announces Fully-Electric Leaf Vehicle for 2011

Nissan recently unveiled an all-electric vehicle that stands to break ground as the company's opening foray into the EV fray. Rather than aiming to create a high-end supercar, Nissan has decided to target

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Russia to Launch its own “Cash for Clunkers” Program

Russia to Launch its own “Cash for Clunkers” Program

In the wake of the United State's recently terminated Car Allowance Rebate System, Russia has announced that it will be implementing a “Cash for Clunkers” program of its own early next year. The plan

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GM’s Next-Gen Engine Boosts Fuel Efficiency by 15%

GM’s Next-Gen Engine Boosts Fuel Efficiency by 15%

There's little good news coming out of the American auto industry these days, but here and there we're seeing glimmers of hope from major car manufacturers. GM has announced that it is developing a more

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Nissan’s EV-02: The First Mass-Market Electric Car?

Nissan’s EV-02: The First Mass-Market Electric Car?

Nissan's prototype EV-02 may lack the streamlined curves and svelte sex appeal of today's electric super sportscars, however Nissan is hoping the technology behind this vehicle will power the first mass

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LG Answers the Green Call With a Solar-Powered Cell Phone

LG Answers the Green Call With a Solar-Powered Cell Phone

Not to be outdone by Samsung's Blue Earth and ZTE's Coral-200, LG recently unveiled its own solar-powered concept cell phone at the Wold Mobile Conference in Barcelona. The prototype, which features a

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NYPD Rolls out Hybrid Patrol Cars

NYPD Rolls out Hybrid Patrol Cars

Should you ever find yourself being pursued by the NYPD, now you can rest assured that the carbon footprint of your chase around the city will be just a little bit greener. As part of New York's efforts

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TOP TEN GREEN TRANSPORTATION TRENDS OF 2008

TOP TEN GREEN TRANSPORTATION TRENDS OF 2008

2008 has been an incredible year for green transportation as the world's automakers made strident efforts to green their production lines, cities decided that it's time to give our car-centric lifestyle a

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Better Place Makes Electric Vehicle Grids a Reality

Better Place Makes Electric Vehicle Grids a Reality

Lately the Better Place electric vehicle network has been expanding at an incredible rate, with Hawaii recently signing on for an electric vehicle grid and Israel recently unveiling the first completed

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Honda Debuts The Hydrogen-Powered FC Sport

Honda Debuts The Hydrogen-Powered FC Sport

It is not everyday that a well-known car manufacturer releases a concept vehicle that makes everyone's head turn, but that's exactly what Honda did last week at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The FC Sport is

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TRANSPORTATION TUESDAY: The Electric Mini Revealed

TRANSPORTATION TUESDAY: The Electric Mini Revealed

Just in time for the Los Angeles Motor Show, BMW has released the first images of the all new fully electric Mini E! We've hinted at it before, and it was just a matter time before it was unveiled,

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TRANSPORTATION TUESDAY: Nissan’s All-Electric Nuvu Vehicle

TRANSPORTATION TUESDAY: Nissan’s All-Electric Nuvu Vehicle

This year's Paris Motor Show has seen many major manufacturers making strident efforts towards smaller, more fuel efficient, and more environmentally sustainable vehicles. The Nissan Nuvu is just such a

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RCA Unveils Sleek Sustainable Concept Cars

RCA Unveils Sleek Sustainable Concept Cars

Imagine soaring along the road in a car composed entirely of aerodynamic glass, or piloting a red rocket-car with a split chassis mimicking a motorcycle and sidecar. Now consider the fact that these

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The Best and Greenest from the Geneva Motor Show

The Best and Greenest from the Geneva Motor Show

Green cars are all the rage these days, with each vehicle manufacturer showing off their latest and greenest vehicles at every possible opportunity. Proof of this is can be seen in the huge amount of

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Robot-Equipped Electric Eco Car: Nissan Pivo 2

Robot-Equipped Electric Eco Car: Nissan Pivo 2

When shopping for a new car, you might be looking for fuel efficiency, style, and safety. But after seeing the new Nissan Pivo 2 electric concept car, you might just have to add “talking

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TRANSPORTATION TUESDAY: Green Means Go in Frankfurt

TRANSPORTATION TUESDAY: Green Means Go in Frankfurt

The Frankfurt Motor Show, probably one of the biggest ones in the world, is occurring right now as we speak, and the word from the floor is that green, means go. In a huge reversal from the usual race to

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TRANSPORTATION TUESDAY: The Nissan Mixim

TRANSPORTATION TUESDAY: The Nissan Mixim

The Frankfurt Motor Show is just around the corner, and with it a slew of new prototypes and vehicles for the green market. Like the cars shown on our Top 5 Greenest sports cars list, “green

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