Most people wouldn’t expect a car that can go from 0-60 in under 3.2 seconds to be eco-friendly in the least, but the Porsche automakers beg to differ. This future car concept, the 918 Spyder, is supposed to be one of the fastest (if not the fastest) hybrid electric car on the market. This one-of-a-kind [...]

Nissan has joined the race to create and sell the first practical electric car, and they plan to do it come 2010 -  approximately 1 year from now. The Nissan Leaf, as they call it, is expected to achieve up to 100 miles per battery charge with a top speed of 75 mph. The leaf [...]

The new Scion iQ, Toyota’s next highly anticipated car is hoping to make its way to the U.S. come the end of 2010/early 2011. This new mini car is supposed to be more eco-friendly, able to achieve almost 55 miles per gallon. The best part of this new Scion is most definitely the new look. [...]

The Tesla Roadster, first unveiled in 2006 at a California car show, is one of the most coveted electric cars available in today’s market. Some of the impressive specs of this electric beauty are that it can travel approximately 250 miles on a single charge from its lithium-ion battery pack, accelerate from 0-60 mph in [...]

Is the future of cars headed towards water powered cars, or is this just wishful thinking? Japanese car company Genepax has recently unveiled a mini car that supposedly runs purely on H2O. How it works is by using a built-in energy generator that extracts hydrogen molecules from water and converts them into electrons, which are [...]

Call it the Transition, one of the first modern cars with flying capabilities.  Taking only 30 seconds to transform from car to airplane, the Transition can fly at up to speeds of 115 mph. Not bad for a car. Some of the specs included are these: it burns 5 gallons of gasoline per hour, the [...]

Starting next year carmakers from all over the planet will be competing to see who can make the first car that can average 100 MPG, as well as be economical, green, and practical; in other words, marketable. The winners of this project will receive up to $10 million in cash prizes, among other things, [...]

OK, we all know gas prices are continuing to rise and we we’re all sick and tired of it. That’s a given. So when will technology come to the rescue and save us from these record-breaking gas prices? Well, set for 2010, the chevy ‘Volt’ should be able to help us out with this [...]

Well, I thought that this day was way farther off than it seems. Apparently there are several designers and universities around the globe that have successfully designed cars that can drive themselves, without any real human intervention. Some of these cars have been able to navigate through lanes, obey traffic signs, make U-turns, and even [...]