Chevrolet is launching its 2014 Chevrolet Spark EV (electric vehicle) on the streets of California and Oregon this summer.  What’s so significant about the Spark EV minicar? First off, Chevy’s Spark EV is truly an all-electric vehicle unlike Chevy’s Volt, which has both an electric motor and an internal combustion [...]

The 3rd Taiwan International Electric Vehicles Show earlier this month highlighted zero-emissions vehicles from around the world. A unique prototype shown in Taiwan was the VOI concept scooter designed as part of Project VOI. This two-seat scooter was designed by more than 100 designers and engineers at the Technical University [...]

The automobile of the future will need to focus on the needs of urban drivers including smaller frames, better handling and higher fuel economy. Toyota’s European Design & Development (ED2) team took a swing at urban vehicle design with the recently presented ME.WE concept EV. This two-door compact EV was [...]

So it was only a short few years ago that we were told we must do everything possible to reduce the amount of energy we are using to conserve the environment following the 2000s energy crisis. In our initial attempts to reduce our own carbon footprint, many ideas were thrown [...]

There are plenty of ways that cars are doing damage to the environment as they are filled with fuel and driven down the road. Many people may also be shocked to hear about the kind of damage that cars do when they end up abandoned and filling our landfills. Cars [...]

The automotive world has overlooked startups outside of Japan, North America and Western Europe in recent history. This oversight is rooted in sluggish economic development in Eastern Europe, Africa, South Asia and Latin America through the late 20th century. We can no longer ignore these regions as sources of vehicle [...]

Businessman and car lover Oliver Kuttner created Edison2 in 2007 to produce cutting-edge vehicles. Kuttner brought together top designers and engineers from around the world to develop the Very Light Car (VLC), an unconventional gas-powered model that achieved fuel efficiency equal to 110 miles per gallon. The VLC won the [...]

The automotive industry is in a constant battle to improve its reputation of being one of the planets main polluters. With car manufacturers starting to feel pangs at their green conscience, more and more resources are being channelled into creating a greener more sustainable driving experience. There is a new [...]

Congestion charging, or congestion pricing, is the practice of charging users of goods and services (transportation, electricity, telephones, etc.) higher prices during periods of excess demand. The theory behind congestion charging is that the higher prices will manage demand without having to increase supply. A handful of major urban areas [...]

Although the sport of go-karting began getting noticed in the 1950s, it’s showed no signs of slowing down since then. The activity is popular not just in the United States, but around the world. According to a study from the Netherlands published on a National Institutes of Health database, indoor [...]