Ford Begins Taking Orders for 2013 C-Max Hybrid

The C-MAX is a compact hybrid utility vehicle and the Ford's first dedicated line of hybrids. The 2013 C-MAX Hybrid will be available this fall with a base price of $25,995. [more]

Prius C Earns 'Top Pick' Safety Rating from IIHS

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety busted up a few Prius C hybrids to see how they held up in crashes. Here's what they found... [more]

Goodbye Lexus HS 250h Hybrid, We Hardly Knew Ya

It seems like it was just yesterday that Lexus introduced the HS 250h hybrid, the first dedicated luxury hybrid (like the Prius, there's no non-hybrid version of the HS 250h). [more]

Tesla to Begin Repaying Department of Energy Loans by End of 2012

Against all the odds, Tesla is about this ship the first Model S electric sedans to customers and the company will begin repaying its debts by the end of this year. [more]

Portland's Bikeways: 30 Years of Evolution in 1 Map

It shows the evolution of Portland's bikeways from 1980 to the present, and is a good visual reminder that great biking cities are made deliberately; they don't start out already formed, people have to put in the effort of making them bike friendly. [more]

Beautiful and Powerful: Audi's E-Bike Wörthersee

After Daimler and its Smart Electric Bike, it is now Audi's turn to unveil a special electric bike design. [more]

After Walkability and Transit Quality, Walk Score Now Ranks Cities by Bikeability

These types of rankings are important because they help put pressure on under-performing cities to improve, and they highlight the best practices of top cities for others to copy. [more]

Elegant Bike Light That's Hard to Steal

Seat post light that is bright, beautiful, and mostly (we never say completely when it comes to bike thievery) theft proof. [more]

Nissan to Follow LEAF with 3 New Electric Cars Models

Nissan has made a big bet on electric cars. They are not just making a couple thousand units to get favorable PR and meet quotas in places like California. They have invested billions to make hundreds of thousands of EVs. [more]

Toyota Launches Pixis Epoch Minivehicle in Japan (70 MPG US for <$10K)

Toyota has just launched the Pixis Epoch in Japan. It's a front-wheel drive minivehicle with a starting price of ¥795,000, which converts to under $10,000. [more]

Crowd-Sourced Map of NYC's Bike Share Stations Unveiled

Here's a first look at where New York City's 600 incoming bike sharing stations will go. [more]

Tesla Model S Electric Sedan has Greater Driving Range than Expected (320 Miles)

The Tesla Model S sedan, which should be delivered to the first customers in about a month, will be available with three different sizes of battery packs (40kWh, 60kWh and 85kWh). Tesla's goal was to achieve a 300 miles driving range. [more]

Cyclists and Pedestrians Keep Getting Killed By Trucks When The Solution Is Easy: Mandatory Side Guards

Looking at trucks in Europe, one sees that the arguments against Side Guards are specious. [more]

Beautiful New Brammo Empulse Electric Motorcycle Finally Unveiled!

Check it out from all angles! It's a beauty, and it runs entirely on electrons, so you can live your mid-life crisis without waking up the neighbors. [more]

Join the Sierra Club in Celebrating National Bike Month

May is National Bike Month, so let's work together to build communities with better, safer transportation options. [more]