Blue City, smart city, Rotterdam. With the rise of the internet and smart technology, the applications for it increase as well. These days you can find just about everyone connected with a smart device, and even whole homes are designed around it. Smart Cities on the Rise. MORE

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Googles self driving fully autonomous cars seem to be coming to fruition very quickly. Even though these cars have the potential of reducing the human based accident factor by 94% according this THIS report published by the Department of Transportation, these cute little toy-like marvels of technology will only be cruising around at a safe 25 miles per hour, for now. So, how would it work down at the car sales lot? MORE

Smart cars; solar panels the uses are finally getting closer to home; but commercial uses for friendly power have a long history. Renewable resources. Environmentally friendly power. These terms are tossed around like salad almost on a daily basis. The truth is renewable energy sources are finally being recognized as invaluable resources. MORE

The Smart Car-sized EBM dominates the centre of a tiny room tucked in the back of the Digital Innovation Hub of the Toronto Reference Library just off of Bloor and Yonge streets. I witnessed the Smart Car-size EBM literally create a store-quality book from two files on a jump drive. Rhea Hawke emerges from EBM In 1448 Guttenberg invented the printing press, which shifted the zeitgeist of an entire world. MORE

You glance at the time display on your Smart Glasses. The size of a Smart Car, the EBM could fit nicely in a stylish café, housing and dispensing—Tardis-style—many more books than its diminutive size. Your mom emerges from the “tardis”, smartly dressed in an early-century blazer and skirt, and grinning like an urchin. MORE

It wasn’t suprised when I read an article in Pacific Business News that smart cars were selling well in Hawaii. After all, Hawaii residents seem to be more in tune with our national surroundings then our counter parts on the mainland. It was a bit of a shocker, thought, that these tiny autos would be [.]. MORE

by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Top figures from both side of the political spectrum in Britain have spoken out in favor of electric vehicles this week, saying consumers need to be encouraged to switch to low carbon cars. The Prime Minister Gordon Brown hinted at a potential 2,000 GBP subsidy for those choosing to exchange their current car for an electric equivalent while London Mayor Boris Johnson said he wants to make the city the European capital for electric vehicles. MORE

Mridul Jerath: We all know the importance of electric cars for a green world of tomorrow and manufacturers have also been quick to pounce on the opportunity to design the best small cars for the global market. This shift in trend has seen results in the form of Renault Twizy and the Smart Car. Volpe Zagato a mini electric car. Volpe Zagato a mini electric car. Volpe Zagato a mini electric car It is halfway between the JetCar and the Twizy. MORE

Following the lead of Vancouver, the new Car2go Car Sharing Program is getting ready to start on June 30th, 2012, ushering in a new era of transportation options for the city’s population. Register with the program, and you gain unlimited access to a fleet of Smart ED cars for use around the city. There are 250 cars total for usage, making meeting early demand easy. No more worrying about gas and parking costs, all you have to pay for is the time you use the car. MORE

This morning, car2go —the free-floating car-sharing system featuring perky, pay-by-the-minute Smart cars across 60 cities worldwide—announced it would grow its Seattle fleet by a full 50% , increasing from 500 to 750, and that it would expand to cover the entirety of the city limits. Car2go is still the only free-floating car-share player in town currently, and it’s maxed out at 750 under current legislation. A local car2go. MORE

Following the lead of Vancouver, the new Car2go Car Sharing Program is getting ready to start on June 30th, 2012, ushering in a new era of transportation options for the city’s population. Register with the program, and you gain unlimited access to a fleet of Smart ED cars for use around the city. There are 250 cars total for usage, making meeting early demand easy. No more worrying about gas and parking costs, all you have to pay for is the time you use the car. MORE

Well, it certainly looks cool, but by calling it a pick-up – are the marketers at Smart trying too hard to win over a truck-crazed American market who are allergic to electric vehicles? The Smart For-Us concept features a 75-horsepower electric motor and a 17.6 Smart claims that this little zoomer can get from zero to 60 times in five seconds and that it will have a top speed of 80 mph, along with a battery that will charge to almost full from almost empty within a few hours. MORE

A Tata Nano in India – this made-for-masses cheap mini could be the smart car for the poor man, in countries like Israel, Jordan and Egypt. Ever since India’s Tata Motors Company came out with its Nano micro mini car in 2009, and we featured it here on Green Prophet , people are still wondering if this tiny little bug shaped car is something that people outside of India might want to own as well. A $7,000 Electric Car Coming to the Middle East? MORE

Smart cars; solar panels the uses are finally getting closer to home; but commercial uses for friendly power have a long history. Renewable resources. Environmentally friendly power. These terms are tossed around like salad almost on a daily basis. The truth is renewable energy sources are finally being recognized as invaluable resources. MORE

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