That isn't the only green car news that broke this week -- with the Geneva Motor Show fast approaching, we've been keeping an ear to the ground for the latest from Switzerland.

ENGADGET: Inhabitat's Week in Green: P1 hybrid supercar, asteroid attack lasers and mosquito inoculators

This transforms the car into a virtual office, giving motorists not only dull information such as how fast they are travelling, but also e-mail, the Internet, news services and navigation functions.

ECONOMIST: Wired cars

This whole "connected Internet e-commerce crazy-fast buy-coffee-from-the-car" paradigm is starting to have some pretty interesting ramifications in our culture.

CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia | Asia Buzz: In the Fast Lane

The prime minister, and I'm not blaming him for this, and previous prime ministers, travelled everywhere by car, surrounded by motorcycle escorts if they had to get through fast.

BBC: Shirley Williams