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Meet the G-3, one of three models currently offered by Global Green Cars. This one is my favorite, though I’m not sure if the cargo is included in the sale price or not. You’re looking at the most American-made small pickup truck on the market. Bar none.

Read More: Global Green Cars - Affordable American-Made Electric Vehicles

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

Officially opening on October 24, the Tokyo Motor Show is already getting in the news as a few participants make early announcements about what they’ll be showcasing at the East’s largest auto event. So far, interesting stuff from Suzuki, Mitsubishi, and Honda have been announced.

Read More: Tokyo Motor Show 2009: Early Announcements for Participants Are Enticing

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

The Karma from Fisker Automotive in Southern California has been much anticipated. Half family sedan, half sports car, this extended range hybrid has been one of our favorites here at Zoomilife for a long time. Lately, it’s been showing it’s abilities on the test track as it peels rubber towards its official release date.

Read More: Fisker Karma Flexes Its Muscles (video)

Compared to Tesla and it’s CEO Elon Musk, Fisker and its CEO Henrick Fisker, are a quiet little company in Southern California. The two companies are often compared, or more specifically, their vehicles are often compared, though. The Karma and the Roadster are both high-end sports cars with big price tags and lots of performance. Plus tons of green cred.

Read More: Henrik Fisker Gets Candid About the Karma and the Tesla Roadster

Boston-Power, based in Westborough, Massachusetts, has announced that they will be building a 455,000 square foot facility in Auburn, Mass. The new facility will be a state-of-the-art lithium-ion battery making manufacturing plant. A federal stimulus of $100 million will be used to build the new plant in addition to $9 million from Massachusetts.

Read More: Boston-Power Gets $100M in Federal Stimulus to Build Li-Ion Manufacturing Facility

If you haven’t noticed, there’s a real popularity amongst 3-wheeled platforms for electric and hybrid electric cars. There’s a big reason for that: efficiency and the law. The XR3 is another of these 3-wheelers that is currently available as a kit model that can be built by tinkerers at home. Soon, it will go into production for limited sales nationally.

Read More: The XR3 Motors PHEV Kit Car Goes Into Production

John is a fuel economy technical expert at the Ford Motor Company and a member of the forums at EcoModder, good friends of Zoomilife. By day, he’s a Ford Engineer, by night… a HyperRocket building genius.

Read More: Ford Engineer Invents HyperRocket in Spare Time: 125mpg, 100+mph

A123 Systems developed the Hymotion L5 plug-in conversion kit to convert a Prius (2nd generation) into a plug-in hybrid (PHEV). Foreign Affairs Auto of West Palm Beach, Florida has been announced as an official installer of the kits–the 12th shop to gain that recognition from A123.

Read More: Hymotion Announces Foreign Affairs Auto As Official PHEV Kit Installer