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These people were willing to humiliate themselves showing off these, err, half-baked concoctions (or would that be confections). So I’m willing to make fun of them.

Here’s the gist of the whole thing: these are little electric parade cars that look like giant cupcakes with people sticking out the middle (like the dancer at the bachelor party, only not as hot). Most of them have candy hats.

Read More: The Cupcake Car - Tasty Humiliation That’s All Electric

We’ve all at least seen those movies where the people climb into a cooper’s barrel, a garbage can, or something similar and roll down the hill risking life and limb for some kind of dumb thrill. It’s all great fun until you careen headlong into that noggin-busting tree.

Read More: The eRinGo Electric Barrel Ride

As you all may be aware, I spend a lot of time mulling over the newly-emerging technologies of the eco- and alt-fuel transportation industries. Sometimes to find out what’s coming or to try to predict what things will look like in a decade, two decades, or further out. Lately, those thoughts have focused on the one thing that all of us most often overlook, but that is essential to the comfort we have in any vehicle we drive.

Read More: The EV Dashboard of the Future, According to Me

Of everything Honda will debut at the Tokyo Motor Show this month, this Skydeck concept is likely the most innovative in terms of design. This concept is literally made to showcase only one thing: Honda’s IMA technology, which will be the future of Honda’s EVs (hybrids, battery, and fuel cell).

Read More: Honda Introduces New Skydeck Concept

Another showcase at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show will be Honda’s EV-N concept. This fun little car is based on the 1960s N360 micro car. Honda has made it clear that this is a design-only car and will not likely see production, but it’s a fun concept to look over regardless.

Read More: Honda Introduces EV-N Battery Electric Concept Car

As promised, the CR-Z, the car Honda says is the world’s first series-production sports hybrid car from a major OEM, is in its 2009 incarnation and is the likely prototype to be what the 2010 production will look like. The new car is slated to go on sale in 2010 as a 2011 model.

Read More: Honda CR-Z Concept Hybrid Sports Car Slated For 2010 Production

We promised when we mentioned the debuts at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show that we’d get into more detail with some of them. Mitsubishi’s concept they’re calling the PX MiEV was one of those. This is a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) styled as a crossover SUV/sedan.

Read More: The New Mitsubishi PX MiEV Plug-in Hybrid Concept SUV

“Keep your hands and feet inside the ride at all times. Fasten your seatbelts and keep both wheels on the ground. Pay up your life insurance premiums. Pull the throttle…”

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I’m not sure what the native language of the marketing people at Citroen is, but it’s definitely not English. The name of this car is, well, revolting. What kind of stupid name is REVOLTe? On the up side, the car itself is pretty friggin cool.

Read More: The Citroen REVOLTe Concept Car - Cool Car, Crappy Name

Volkswagen introduced their new E-Up! concept vehicle at the Frankfurt Motor Show Tuesday, promising production in 2013. The little car has some very innovative points and what some seem to think are down sides I see as bonuses.

Read More: Volkswagen’s New E-Up EV Concept, Both Good and Bad