Wonderful news, everyone! The Gumball 3000 rally, where millionaires race across continents in their supercars and innocent people die sometimes, is now carbon neutral. What a win for Mother Earth!

The U.S government's green car program has been under scrutiny with the recent failure of two of the companies that received the loan, including coverage of a $675 million lawsuit by an inventor claiming he was denied funding for his inflatable electric car company because of politics. What hasn't gotten much scrutiny …

Here they are, the finalists for the honor of 2013 Green Car of the Year.

The Toyota Prius, while boasting capacious cargo space and better than decent fuel economy, is not the sort of vehicle American consumers have been trained to think of as a tow rig. But some folks are willing to take a different tack and try something new.

Solutions to modern problems sometimes can be found in a distinctly classical place. The Magnolia Special was built to recapture the grace and romance of 1930s European roadsters — internal combustion and all — yet it emits 40% less CO2 than an equally powerful gas-burning automobile. And it does this using technology…

Are you a spy with a James Bond mission and a Mr. Bean budget? The camera-equipped and electric-powered Terrestrial Shrub Rover is the "car" for you. Why? It's disguised as a well-manicured shrub.

A Ford shareholder (not pictured) at today's shareholder meeting expressing displeasure with small, green-oriented cars like the 2011 Ford Fiesta. She claimed that global warming doesn't exist. [via @NickBunkley] (Photo Credit: William Thomas Cain/Getty Images)

Chinese automaker SAIC will unveil a hilariously literal "green" car at the upcoming Beijing Motor Show. It's called the "Leaf Concept." It has in-wheel turbines and a leaf-shaped oxygen-emitting solar panel as a roof. Physics be damned!

A Toyota press release issued today reveals the Japanese automaker plans to use environmentally-friendly interior materials in the next-generation Camry. Specifically, a very-Ford-like use of vanilla beans as seat foam. Full press release below.