To keep your hands warm while you push it. That’s just one of the “Yugo jokes” about the cheap and much-maligned subcompact that won notoriety for being one of the worst cars ever exported to the United States. Now, the last Yugo, once the ...

'Green Car Journal' announces 2009 Green Car of the Year - CNET News

VW Jetta TDI gets on stage to accept its award. (Credit: CBS Interactive) LOS ANGELES-- The Green Car Journal gave its 2009 Green Car of the Year award to the 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI at the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show. This year's list of nominees ...

Plan for electric cars moves ahead - San Francisco Business Journal

The Bay Area is poised to become the first region in the country to fully support electric vehicles with outlets, recharging stations, and incentives coming soon. The mayors of San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose today announced a nine-point policy ...

Bay Area's big-city mayors endorse $1 billion plan for electric cars - San Jose Mercury News

Better Place, an electric-car infrastructure company based in Palo Alto, said it would spend $1 billion to create charging stations and battery-swap outlets in the Bay Area. It also showed off a Nissan Rogue SUV, converted to become an electric ...

Better Place plans $1 billion electric car network for Bay Area - CNET News

Better Place aims by 2012 to bring a $1 billion electric-car infrastructure system to the California Bay Area, whose leaders unveiled policies Thursday to fast-track the adoption of electric cars. The Palo Alto start-up will apply its unique business ...