More green cars than gas guzzlers will be sold this year for the first time as drivers respond to rising fuel prices and environmental concerns.  Sales of new high-emission cars in the £300-a-year top road tax band fell last year by 15 per cent to the lowest level on record, according to industry figures obtained by The Times.

Indian automaker Tata Motors announces a $2,500 automobile declaring it cheapest car in the world and we must agree. This unadorned super-mini car could modernize how India's 1.1 billion people travel. Tata's new “Nano”, looks extremely similar to a Smart car.

UPS begins utilizing no emission vehicles. United Parcel Service has leased 42 plug-in Zap Xebras electric cars and trucks made by Shandong Jindalu Vehicle Co of China for Zap of Santa Rosa, Ca. They are used to deliver smaller parcels throughout the Santa Rosa area during this busy holiday season.

The new i City Car by Mitsubishi has been a huge success since its launch in England, in July of this year. The car looks a lot like the Smart Car and further news is Mitsubishi is eyeing a 2010 launch for an all-electric lithium-ion version of the i called the i MIEV.