Volkswagen of America, Inc. announced the Jetta TDI Cup "Street" Edition will be available in dealer showrooms January 2010.

British Columbia has sufficient underutilized generation capacity in its electrical grid to support the introduction of more than two million plug-in electric vehicles, enough to eventually replace nearly every registered vehicle in the province, according to a new study.

Tesla Motors won't have to pay sales tax on $320 million worth of manufacturing equipment for building its electric cars, under an agreement with California's Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority (CAEATFA).

SAIC Motor Corp, China's biggest automaker, will invest 6 billion yuan ($879 million) to develop and manufacture green cars over the next two years, the official Xinhua news agency said.

ExxonMobil Chemical's affiliate TonenGeneral and Toray Industries have agreed to establish a global joint venture for the battery separator film business.

Fisker Automotive will partner with the Emil Frey Group, one of Europe's most established and prestigious auto groups, to import, market and service its premium plug-in hybrid cars on the continent.

GM's Board of Directors has decided to retain Opel and will initiate a restructuring of its European operations in earnest.

ROUSH Performance is developing two propane-powered Roush Mustang drag cars to run in the NMRA 2010 season.

Nissan plans to invest about 50 billion yen ($554 million) to increase electric vehicle battery production for French partner Renault, a report said Tuesday.

Toyota is debuting two modified Prius gas-electric hybrid vehicles and the Toyota Surfrider Camry Hybrid CNG at the 2009 SEMA Show.

Sanyo Electric Co. will supply nickel-metal hydride batteries for PSA Peugeot Citroen Group's diesel-electric hybrid cars starting in 2011.

Following the successful debut of the compressed natural gas-powered Scirocco GT24-CNG at the Nürburgring 24-hour race, Volkswagen is launching a one-make CNG-powered race series in 2010.

Ford announced it will use electric drivetrains made by Azure Dynamics in its battery-electric powered Transit Connect light van slated to launch next year

Opel has launched the new Corsa ecoFLEX in the European market and it is the most fuel-efficient Corsa ever.

One year after its debut, more than half a million customers have purchased the new Ford Fiesta, marking an important milestone as Ford prepares to bring the fuel-efficient, global car to the U.S. and other key Asian Pacific markets next

The BMW Group and the SGL Group have agreed on the establishment of a joint venture for the production of carbon fibers and textile semi-finished products (CFRP) for advanced lightweight vehicles.

The US subsidiary of Ricardo has been awarded a contract for the development of a new vehicle under the Fuel Efficient Ground Vehicle Demonstrator (FED) program launched by TARDEC, the U.S. Army's Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center in

Toshiba will build a second dedicated production facility for its safe, long-life, rapid charge SCiB battery, in the Kashiwazaki Frontier Park, in Kashiwazaki city, Niigata prefecture.

The Honda Insight took the crown for best new car reliability Consumer Reports survey, but scored too low in its road testing to be recommended.

The Tokai University solar car entry #60 Tokai Challenger has claimed victory in the 2009 Global Green Challenge.