The British government is to give up to £5,000 to anyone who buys an 'ultra-low carbon' car from next year and will build recharging hubs, according to the Department of Transport.

A team of students at Columbia University has made it to the next round of Walmart' s Better Living Business Plan Challenge.

Six students from NUI Galway’s newest degree programme - Energy Systems Engineering - have scooped the first and second prizes in the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport Ireland (CILT) Student Idea of the Year Awards.

Almost 3,700 more cars were driven into Dublin city during the daily morning peak period last year than during the same time four years ago, according to Dublin City Council figures.

Dublin City councillors will next month consider proposals to reduce - or eliminate - the area governed by the 30km/h speed limit introduced less than a month ago.

A taxi cab that runs on the latest hydrogen fuel cell technology is being developed with the aim of being ready for full road trials in time for the 2012 Olympics.

San Francisco has adopted building codes requiring all new homes and offices to be wired for electric car chargers, in an attempt to position itself as America's green car capital.

This summer, the popular Fiat 500 subcompact will have a new, tiny engine option - and it will be the smallest displacement gasoline engine available in any car in Europe - a 900cc, turbocharged 2-cylinder with 85 horsepower.

California-based fuel cell specialists Oorja Protonics has unveiled new technology, which it claims could extend the range of electric vehicles to more than 400 miles.

Researchers have come up with the ultimate vehicle - an environmentally friendly electric car that plugs into the wall to sell power back to the electricity company.