London Mayor Ken Livingstone is again pushing to revise the current congestion charges that drivers going into central London have to pay. Currently anyone going into the congestion zone has to pay a fee of £8 per day. Under Livingstone's plan the…
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A water wheel to drive an electric car? Fat chance
The dream of perpetual motion never dies, it just gets gobbled up by evil oil companies as they suppress great ideas. Undoubtedly, the lawyers from Exxon, Shell and BP are already all over this one. It's not that we ever want people to stop dreaming…
EXCLUSIVE! AutoblogGreen experiences the Tesla Roadster in its natural habitat
click above image for a high-res gallery of the Tesla Roadster
Anyone familiar with English B-roads can understand why classic British sports cars evolved the way they did. These roads rarely seem to go in a straight line for more than a few yards at…
Toyota recommends driving less to save gas
Since Toyota, like other automakers doing business in the U.S., is currently unable to supply enough hybrids and other small fuel efficient cars to meet consumer demand, they are offering up other suggestions on how to conserve gas. Over on the Open…
Tokyo preview: Official leakage of the Audi A1
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Over the past couple of months, we've seen numerous rendered images of what the upcoming Audi A1 would look like and now we finally have the real thing. The A1 Metroproject Quattro is a concept that will appear next…
Spy Shots: Lotus to upgrade Elise and Exige with V6 engine?
A Lotus Exige-based mule has again been spotted out and about wearing tacked-on fender extensions to facilitate a significantly wider track than current versions. Sources suggest that this machine is drawing power from the same Toyota-sourced…
Lotus to produce Roger Becker edition Elise and Exige
2011 Lotus Elise SC RGB edition – Click above for high-res image gallery
Aside from founder Colin Chapman, there is probably no other individual that's had a greater influence on Lotus over the past four decades than Roger Becker. Until his…
Detroit Preview: Honda releases official pic of production Insight
The new Honda Insight will be making its world debut in production form at the Detroit Auto Show next month without a press conference. The first official photo of the production model came out this morning and it should come as a surprise to no one…
Florida drivers can now buy bi-fuel CNG Ford Focus
Consumer availability of natural gas vehicles in the U.S. market tends to be very limited. The only regularly available factory CNG car on sale right now is the Honda Civic GX and that's only available in California and New York. Other than that it's…
Fiat declared lowest CO2 automaker in Europe
Automotive research and analysis firm JATO does an annual assessment of vehicle carbon dioxide emissions in the European Market. For several years, Fiat and Peugeot/ Citroen have been going back and forth as the leader. For 2007, JATO's analysis…