ParaJet now accepting $16,000 deposits for the $81,700 Skycar

As the design of the Parajet SkyCar evolves (compare the vehicle above with this shot ), so does the car’s online presence. During the successful Parajet SkyCar Expedition , when the “World’s First Bio-fuelled Flying Car” flew from London, England to Timbuktu in Mali, Africa, the car was highlighted on the general Parajet website

First Tata Nano delivery scheduled for today

2009 Tato Nano - Click above for high-res image gallery Today, the first customer to get a Tata Nano will take delivery of the world’s cheapest car. Tata Motors will deliver the car to an as-yet unnamed person in India who paid just 100,000 rupees ($2,053 U.S.) for the car. The Nano went on sale earlier this year and has been a source of endless discussion since it was announced in early 2008

Fresh from NYC: pictures of Tesla Motors’s new store

Tesla NYC story - Click above for high-res image gallery AutoblogGreen reader Lennon went down to the opening of the new Tesla Motors store in New York City today and sent us a series of pictures so that those of us who were not able to check out the Apple-like showroom and fancy fruit plates (and, of course, the swag ) in person can still see what it was like. More interested in function than fashion? Lennon provides us with shots of the Roadster’s EPA sticker and the store’s future floor plan .

A truly renewable vehicle comes to the Philippines: coconut oil-fueled bamboo taxi

Bamboo Taxi - click above image for high-res gallery Making powertrains more efficient is only one part of reducing the environmental impact of vehicles. The energy required to mine and process raw materials into the components that comprise a vehicle and then transport it to the end customer can often amount to a significant fraction of the total energy used to operate the vehicle.

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