My Chinese Electric Cars

Taking advantage of the current downfall in the US automobile industry, China leaders adapted a new plan to go ahead with their studies and development of electric cars. While electric cars had a short lifespan earlier this decade, they dwindled and faded away- loosely documented here. But with the current economic crisis and the no-end-in-sight outlook of it for the automobile industry in Detroit, China seems poised to succeed with their new plan and rival Japan as the leading electric car engineers in the world. (NYT)

My Smart ForTwo

I'll admit it. I want one of those compact cars. If anything, they're cheap and would be insanely to find parking spots for the 9-foot long vehicle. Critics of the vehicle says it has no horsepower and it's not safe on highways. New York Magazine has done a fun study, weighing the pros and cons for readers who are sold or on the fence on the pint-size, cute alternative to the Volkswagen Beetle. (NYM)