Video: BMW gives sneak peak into Plant Zero skunkworks

Filed under: Concept Cars, Europe, Plants/Manufacturing, Technology, Videos, BMW

BMW Plant Zero skunkworks – Click above to watch video after the jump

In the heart of Munich, hidden away from public view by corporate headquarters, is a factory that builds and develops BMW’s prototypes, concept cars and test mules. The factory is a small operation, and, according [...]

80-day, ’round-the-world electric car Zero Race takes off in Geneva today

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Green Culture, Green Daily, Racing

Can your electric car go 250 kilometers (155 miles) a day at a speed of 80 kilometers an hour (50 miles an hour)? Can it do that 80 days in a row all around the world?
This, pretty much, is the challenge of the Zero Race, which starts [...]

Tesla says it does not depend on zero emission tax credit sales

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Tesla Motors, Legislation and Policy

Tesla Roadster 2.5 – Click above for high-res image gallery

Last week, Darryl Siry noted on Autopia that Tesla Motors could be running out of zero emissions vehicle (ZEV) credits to sell. Tesla earned at least $13.8 million through these sales in 2009, mostly to Honda, but the number [...]

Getting zero mpg (i.e., idling) could cost drivers £20 in North Lincolnshire, UK

Filed under: Legislation and Policy, Green Daily, UK

Local governments in the UK are certainly pro-active when it comes to cracking down on CO2. In 2008, the West Sussex Council in the UK considered leveling £20 fines against drivers who sit in traffic jams with their engines running. There’s an environmentally-sound reason to turn [...]