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What's the Big Deal About BYD?

Wouldn't it be great if China, land of cheap products, could bring us a low-cost, well-made electric sedan? We certainly thought so when we named China's BYD as one of our Most Innovative Companies earlier this year. Warren Buffett ...READ»

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Al Gore: Oil "Junkie" America Needs Third World Help

The former Vice President, clean-shaven in a dark suit and black cowboy boots, pauses. "Junkies find veins in their toes, when the veins in their arms and legs collapse," he says to Charlie Rose. The audience suffers an ...READ»

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Spira's Floating Foam Car: The Most Creative Automotive X Prize Entry?

Plenty of respected car companies--Tesla, Aptera, and Tata Motors among them--have announced their intentions to compete for the Automotive X PRIZE,  but the Spira foam car may beat them all in the creativity department. ...READ»

X PRIZE   |  Comment

Full List of Automotive X PRIZE Teams Released, Includes Aptera, Tesla, Tata

Tesla, Aptera, and Tata Motors announced their intentions to compete for the Automotive X PRIZE long ago, but now the Foundation that awards the prize has released the full list of 111 registrants (pdf, right click to save) for the ...READ»

Tata Nano: What's the Environmental Impact of 14 Million More Cars in India?

  At long last Tata Motors has started selling its vaunted Nano. [For more on the launch, read "Tata Nano: Meet the World's Cheapest Car."] Market research suggests that the Nano may bring safer, four-wheeled ...READ»

Tata Nano: Meet the World's Cheapest Car

Tata, an Indian auto maker, is unveiling its Nano car today. The animating idea is that the Nano has been designed to bring road transportation to the masses in India, particularly people who'd never had access to a vehicle before. ...READ»

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Hybrid Compressed Air Cars on the Way?

Lots of people claim to have built compressed air cars--some totally bogus and others slightly less so--but so far a tangible product has not materialized, despite repeated claims from Tata Motors and Motor Development International ...READ»