Zero Pollution Motors wants to revolutionize the auto industry with a vehicle that runs on compressed air. Photo via Pneumatic Addict.
From the Associated Press:
Zero Pollution Motors is trying to bring a car to U.S. roads …

A pedestrian waits at 14th and U St. NW, Washington, D.C. Photo by M.V. Jantzen.
Two stories you need to know about sustainable transportation in the United States this week:
Vehicle Emission Rules to Tighten
Washington Post
May 19, …

According to Lee Schipper, “a battery supplying the 40-mile range of the GM Volt is said to cost $20,000.” Photo by EuroTraveler.
Lee Schipper, senior fellow at EMBARQ and senior research engineer at the Precourt Energy …

GOOD magazine published its jam-packed, 112-page “Transportation Issue,” devoted to a “drastic rethinking of how we move around, how we design our cities, and how we power our vehicles.”
The articles cover a lot of ground, …

For more photos, check out this photo gallery by Autoblog.
Last week, General Motors and Segway unveiled the much-hyped Project P.U.M.A, which stands for “Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility,” an electric two-wheeler prototype vehicle that is …

Step aside, Japan. Don’t even try, Detroit. China has plans to corner the electric car market.
From the New York Times:
TIANJIN, China — Chinese leaders have adopted a plan aimed at turning the country into one …

India experienced an automotive breakthrough last week: the release of the Tata Nano, the most economic vehicle in the Indian market, and arguably, in the world.
The so-called “people’s car” has received praise from many sources, …

For the first time ever, there have been more cars sold in China than the United States. (This news comes at the same time as Detroit’s General Motors announced it would cut another 10,000 workers.)
From …

Great news from the White House: Fuel standards for vehicles will be tighten up soon, improving the outlook for states like California , which pushed for stricter limits without success during the last administration.
This is …

Photo of the Ford Escape Hybrid, which Ford CEO Alan Mulally drove to DC from Detroit, by Ford Motor Company from Flickr.
Yesterday, the “Big Three” U.S. automakers — General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and …