Smaller and Greener

Motorauthority believes the US is primed for a resurgence in minicars. Ford is ready to introduce the Ka, which is smaller than a Fiesta. You can also expect Fiat to bring its 500 city car to our shores. There is also the possibility that Opel will import the Corsa, Toyota will introduce the iQ, and Volkswagen will offer the Polo. Even Mercedes is looking at the introduction of a minicar.

The minicar electric Tango EV, half the width of an ordinary vehicle, is no slouch in traction or torque. It can be used as a snowplow:



Plans for construction of green electric highways so that electric non-polluting vehicles can go long distances, and to remove our dependence on foreign oil, are proposed by CleanTechnica.com - solar panels along all of our highway right of ways. Another green technology for transportation doesn't involve cars at all - it is dog power.

It will not be easy to break Americans dependence on gas. What is probably the best indicator of this is the most downloaded iPhone software during Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, netting its creator over $40,000.00 in two days - iFart.