Despite the global slowdown having forced the auto industry, Toyota is readying plans to release of its upcoming third generation Prius. Toyota is considering radical new designs in a bid to rewrite history with regard to alternative fuel vehicles.

MiEV, the electric car from the Mitsubishi Motors stables, has been picked by the Green Car Journal as one of five nominees for its 2009 Green Car Vision award.

General Motors has kicked off the European leg of its test programme for fuel cell vehicles. Dubbed as a real-world road test, the programme will run under the umbrella of the Clean Energy Partnership (CEP), a German Federal Department for Transport, Building and Urban Development funded project focused on proving the day-to-day suitability of hydrogen as a fuel for road transport.

VW has unveiled its Touran and Sharan people carriers in the BueMotion range, adding to the range of seven seater vehicles.

Connect Ithaca, a group of planning professionals, activists, and students, are pushing for driverless podcars as a new form of public transportation systems.

On September 15, 2008, the Bombardier Green Train - Gröna Tåget - set a new Swedish speed record at 303 kmph between Töreboda and Skövde, in the southern part of Sweden.

  The next decade will see Japanese automotive behemoth Toyota unveiling its small all-electric car.

Affordable e-cars are what Detroit Electric currently has in mind. With the Malaysian government keen on having such alternate-fuel run vehicles on its roads,  the electric car brand is set to introduce electric car technology and unveil its business and manufacturing plans in that country.

General Motors plans to launch 18 Flexible Fuel Vehicles (FFVs) in 2009. 

Ecology concerns have spurred Renault to go for a green machine. Renault is expected to introduce a new petrol-engined Twingo with CO2 emissions of just 120g a km soon.

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With an eye on environmental protection, auto major Kia is doing a bit of rework on its Picanto, Rio, Cee’d and Pro_Cee’d models.

Mitsubishi, like other major car manufacturers, are busy planning for a future with hybrid and electric cars.

Keeping in line with its tradition, Japanese auto giant Toyota is observing June as the Green Month.

A new zero-emission fuel-cell vehicle which boasts of a longer cruising distance and also run in freezing temperatures has been developed by Toyota Motor Corp.