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For this week’s episode of GigaOM TV’s Green Overdrive video show we test drive the all-electric Nissan LEAF, which will go on sale starting in December in select cities...

The Blink family of electric vehicle charging stations was just unveiled at the Plug-in 2010 conference in San Jose, California and we’re already envisioning them sprouting up on street corners and garages around the...

If you watch this video footage, from GigaOM TV’s latest episode of Green Overdrive, you might be surprised to see who’s driving the neon green electric race car soaring around the track at the Mazda Raceway...

One of the looming issues with the impending release of mass-marketed electric vehicles is EV charging stations – it’s always been a question of who will put in the infrastructure and when...

One of Honda’s most popular vehicles is about to go all green! News has it that the Honda Motor Co. will be dropping production of its gasoline-powered Civics in favor of strictly hybrid versions of the vehicle. The new...

In anticipation of the forthcoming flood of electric vehicles, the City of New York just officially unveiled its first EV charging station. The station is the first of 100 that will be installed in the New York City metro...

You might love your Prius, but you might love it just a little bit more if you could plug it into an outlet and it got 100 MPG. Enter Green Gears, a garage in San Francisco run by Pat Cadam, which for several thousand dollars...

Ultra energy-efficient cars don’t always have to come with a high price tag. One upcoming vehicle from Renault-Nissan and India’s Bajaj Auto will, in fact, cost just $3,000 and reach an impressive 70 mpg. The...

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The Korean automaker CT&T is banking on Americans putting their money in more environmentally friendly transportation in the coming years. They’ve just announced plans to build a $21 million dollar electric vehicle...

Last week at a preview event for one of Fisker’s first showrooms, the LAcarGuy made his move to become the first automotive dealer in the US to offer “Level 2″ electric vehicle charging stations for any...

This is Dave, and as you can tell, he is pretty proud of his latest invention. It’s a toilet cart that he made himself out of two recycled toilets, a couple of water coolers, six rolls of toilet paper, one old toilet...

French automaker Renault just unveiled a striking green supercar that embodies the company’s new slogan — “Drive the Change” — and its new commitment to the future...

Luxury car fans, start your engines — BMW’s very first electric vehicle is on its way. The Megacity Vehicle, set to be released in 2013, is made out of lightweight carbon fiber and aluminum and will be built from...

Despite the promise of algae as a biofuel, many roadblocks are currently keeping the industry from becoming commercialized. For one, it’s expensive — not to mention time consuming — to turn algae into a...