General Motors is to give drivers the chance to try out hydrogen-powered vehicles, although it will help if you are a celebrity. As part of “Project Driveway“, GM will put more than 100 fuel-cell vehicles in the hands of customers before the end of the year.
Ironically, the cars will be based on the Chevrolet Equinox […]

So New York plans to follow Oslo, Singapore and London in introducing a “Congestion Charge” for driving into the city.
Michael Bloomberg, the city’s mayor, has unveiled plans for a congestion charge on cars entering the busiest parts of Manhattan. Compared with London’s $16, New York’s proposed charge will be a […]

US carmakers have said told a House of Representatives subcommittee that the industry alone could not act on climate change.
The heads of the big three - General Motors, Chrysler and Ford -  said that measures to improve fuel efficiency were not enough and may cost thousands of jobs.

Germany may have often led the way in Europe on environmental issues, but Germans still love their cars. A sophisticated and intense campaign by the German motor industry recently scuppered new EU rules on tight emissions for motor vehicles.
In the scrap it is widely seen as the European Commission’s Enterprise and Industry Commissioner Günter Verheugen […]

London’s Mayor, Ken Livinstone will announce radical plans to slash London’s carbon emissions by 60% within 20 years.
Livingstone wants a quarter of London’s electricity supply to be shifted from the national grid to local combined heat-and-power systems by 2025.