Buyers baulk at cost of 'green' cars

A lot still needs to happen in the alternative fuels vehicle market before sales figures start to rise.

So fresh and so clean

The new generation of electric cars is going further than ever before -- or so current thinking goes, writes Martin Love.

Electric cars win hype, staying power questioned

Electric cars are riding high, as incentives and new models make them a realistic option, but the fresh attention may highlight flaws.

Change we can believe in

Sukasha Singh wonders which would be easier and less messy: wiping the human race off the planet or giving electric cars a chance.

Electric cars struggle to spark enthusiasm

All the big car-makers at the Detroit motor show had electrically powered and hybrid cars on display, but Americans still aren't buying green vehicles

Electric cars struggle to spark enthusiasm

Big carmakers at the Detroit Motor Show had electrically powered and hybrid cars on display, but Americans still aren't buying green vehicles.

Largest trial of electric vehicles

The British government unveiled the world's largest coordinated trial of environmentally friendly vehicles this week.

Toyota to introduce electric car to US by 2012

Toyota said on Saturday it plans to launch an electric car in the US by 2012 and boost its gas-electric hybrid offerings to as many as ten models.

China rolls out plug-in hybrid car

Battery-maker turned car company BYD has launched China's first hybrid electric vehicle for the retail market.

A dud, but politically in vogue

Electric cars have failed so spectacularly in the past is because they are rubbish.

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