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Today was the opening day for the 2009 rendition of the Canadian International Auto Show and the show had something for everybody.

For those of you who believe that electric vehicles aren't ready for the roads or that they don't measure up well to the cars currently available you haven't seen the latest offering from NASA. This electric scooter is very robust and comes in two different trim lines. They are the SPR and UPR models.

For those of you that aren’t aware of the greener commuting lifecycle, I’ve put together this small article to get you up to speed.

This year the Petit LE Mans race set a record for attendance. The 4 day event drew 113,000 fans to Road Atlanta, some of which witnessed the debut of the Green Challenge. The Green Challenge is a revolutionary competition that ranks prototype and GT cars based on their overall performance, energy efficiency and greenhouse gasses emitted.

Frogster took advantage of the great weather conditions this weekend to put in some practice laps in anticipation of taking part in next year's Green Challenge. Take a look at the racing video found below.

With gasoline prices trending higher, more people are looking at car conversions or researching cars that are powered by alternative fuels such as ethanol, biodiesel, natural gas, propane and hydrogen fuel cells. These alternate fuels do cost less and the vehicles using these types of fuel end up producing less carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides. There are disadvantages though such as higher initial costs due to the conversion and less convenience when it comes to refuelling due to a lack of stations offering the fuel.