The big green car news from Chrysler yesterday was its announcement that it would build an electric version of the Fiat 500 mini-car for the U.S. market. Win one, lose one, perhaps. The company also dropped a death notice: It has ended development of its Ram Two-Mode Hybrid pickup truck, scheduled...

A new era of transportation is fast approaching.  The evidence: almost every major car manufacturer has plans to develop hybrid and electric vehicles. Honda (NYSE:HMC) is the latest to reveal its intention to introduce both a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) and also electric vehicle into the U.S. market by 2012. 

BYD's all-electric e6 is already sold to Chinese government fleets. There are plans to target the U.S. market by

Despite the buzz and anticipation for new electric vehicles, a new study by Deloitte Consulting suggests that the adoption of new EVs will be slow, with EVs accounting for only 2 to 5 percent of the U.S. market ten years from now.

Chrysler announced yesterday that the company will build an electric version of the Fiat 500 for the U.S. market. This is a new direction for Chrysler, which scrapped its ENVI program for plug-in vehicles, including the  Dodge Circuit electric sports car, a few months ago. With this announcement...

The auto lovers are all set for the release of the new Nissan Leaf, the lithium-ion battery operated electric no-emission vehicle. The unveiling of the vehicle was held in August at the companyâ??s headquarters in Yokohoma in Japan amidst much fanfare. The car is to make its entry in the U.S. market by 2010

China's market and subsidized rush for electric vehicles could help it mass manufacture environmentally-friendly autos for the rest of the world.

China FAW Group Corporation is the number one automobile maker in China. With several hybrid projects in the work, FAW is aggressively pushing electric and hybrid vehicles to China's market.