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Forget Zipcar - Smart reportedly readying car2go car-sharing program in Texas

Daimler announced in March it would bring the tiny Smart car to the big state of Texas through its car-sharing service car2go. At the time, the German automaker declared that entering the Austin market with 200 ForTwos was "the next logical step." Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche now thinks that the car share program is also a good way to boost sales numbers, which have dropped recently. Smart's U.S. sales were down 70.4 percent last month compared to October 2008, and only 661 ForTwos were sold in the U.S. last month. In Austin, as in the ... Read more →

Zero-emission Proterra electric bus comes to Capitol Hill Sebastian Blanco

Altair Nanotechnologies has not had a completely successful string of events these last few years. They lost more money than expected in 2007 and were not always embraced by the investment ...

Better Place and DSB to pilot electric car sharing for train travelers Domenick Yoney

Will trains and cars become the voyaging version of peanut butter and chocolate? Perhaps. Better Place is partnering with DSB, Denmark's largest rail service provider, to offer an electric car ...

Tokyo 2009: We sample Honda's quirky U3-X, stride management assist and bodyweight assist devices Sam Abuelsamid

If there is one thing people love, it's personal mobility. After all, what other species regularly harness other creatures for the sole purpose of getting around. The auto industry is all about ...

AM General to build CNG-powered VPG MV-1 people-mover at Hummer H2 factory Jeremy Korzeniewski

Remember the Standard Taxi from the Vehicle Production Group? It's now called the MV-1, and production is slated to begin next year at the AM General plant in Mishawaka, Indiana. That's the same ...

Opposite World: Is traffic good for the environment? 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Traffic congestion is good for the environment. Wait, come again? Are we talking about Bizarro World here? Actually, according to Wall Street Journal writer David Owen, excessive congestion can actually be a good thing when it convinces drivers to explorer transportation alternatives instead of ...

eKRAD developing eQUAD [w/VIDEO] 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

While we await word of when production will begin of their electric supermoto (their website says late 2009) the folks who cooked up the eKRAD have been keeping busy with another possible product; the eQUAD. Though not much is yet known about the four-wheeled machine we can say that, like their ...

Tokyo 2009 Preview: Suzuki to show off three fuel cell concepts 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

In addition to the plug-in series hybrid version of the Swift subcompact hatchback that Suzuki will display at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show, the Japanese company will also be bringing along three separate concepts powered by fuel cells. First up is the SX4-FCV, which uses an 80 kW hydrogen ...

Vertical bike parking protects from theft, worry 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Bikes are the most efficient thing on two wheels (sorry, Aptera), but they're not ideal for everyone's city commute. A new vertical parking/shower stall concept from Yinnon Lehrer over at Yanko Design could make biking an easier choice for a lot of people. The main reasons: you bike is ...

New train-sponsored carpool system comes to Paris 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

SNCF, the public company that manages the French railway system, has launched a new carpool service. Aimed at people who live in the large Paris metropolitan area and use the commuter train system, Transilien, to go to work, the idea is to get more people to use fewer cars because most stations have ...

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