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.
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.
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.