When it was announced that Schurr High School, home of the Mighty Spartans, won the team spirit award everyone clapped wildly. Schurr had certainly earned it.
The goal of the Shell Eco-marathon is to design and build the world's most fuel-efficient vehicle that produces the fewest emissions. Follow Carlist.com's Lou Ann Hammond as she reports on the event.
The green car movement is reaching into the furthest recesses of the automobile industry, Bentley Motors, the British-based luxury brand, is moving in an eco-friendly direction.
The Honda Civic for 2009 has very few changes. Nice styling, great dependability, and high mileage at an affordable price — if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Despite the fact that hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides from US cars have decreased significantly below 1970 levels, air quality has improved only slightly. How could that be?
The dismal economy is forcing companies to make tough decisions, but instead of shelving green-car technologies, the world's major automakers are holding firm to plans for fuel-saving programs.
Toyota has confirmed plans to produce a smaller, less expensive hybrid. "We are going to compete by expanding our hybrid-vehicle lineup to smaller hybrids," said the chief engineer of the third-generation Toyota Prius.
Seventy-five-point-three miles to the gallon! That was enough to win the 2010 Toyota Prius fuel economy competition that stacked 28 auto journalists against one another.
If you need a full-size pickup truck but want to use as little gasoline as possible, GM has built what may be the roughest, toughest hybrid this side of a transit bus.
The Honda Civic GX was named last week as the greenest car of the year by the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy. This article from Hybridcars.com discusses trends the list reveals.
Although gaining in popularity, there are still some question marks when it comes to hybrid vehicles. Find answers here, with a look at how green has matured in the last ten years.
This recession-era gift-giving season signals the resurgence of classic toys made of wood, tin and string, like the wind-up rubber band car, which points the way to energy storage strategies for hybrid cars.
A group of US battery companies have teamed up to boost American manufacturing of lithium ion batteries, seen as key to the success of next generation hybrid and electric cars.
Consumers pumped 0.3% more gasoline last week than in the same period last year, according to data compiled by MasterCard Advisors — the first gas consumption increase since April.
Hydrogen fuel cell cars might become more than just the stuff of science fiction movies. Greater Los Angeles is becoming the location for real fuel cell cars, although still on a limited basis.
Hyundai Motor America has announced that it will be able to achieve a fleet average of 35 miles per gallon by 2015, five years ahead of the timetable for new fuel economy regulations.
Thirty hybrid models will be on display at 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show, which opens to the public on Nov. 21 — revealing the diversity of options coming to the market.
Hybrid car sales in North America will double in the next three years, says a leading auto industry market research firm. The growth in Western Europe should be even more dramatic.
In recent years, many argued that the path toward reduced vehicle greenhouse gas emissions would be led by a switch to ethanol and biodiesel. Is that argument dying?
Ronn Motor Company rolled out its hydrogen hybrid supercar, the Scorpion, last week at the Specialty Equipment Marketing Association Show (SEMA) in Las Vegas.