"Going green" is no longer just the ideology of left-wing hippies. Nor is it a trend. We are living in exciting times.

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I always liked the American car – its huge body and powerful engine. However, today’s eco-consciousness will make it unlikely for the big American car to ever come back. So now there is the Peapod.

After touting a hybrid Hummer recently, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Wednesday downsized his seemingly weekly promotions of green transportation. This time, he embraced the "Peapod," a rather unique neighborhood electric vehicle.

The Peapod is a low-speed, four passenger neighborhood electric vehicle with a top speed of 25 miles per hour.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today viewed the Chrysler Peapod vehicle and held a media availability at the State Capitol.

A lot of smart people -- Warren Buffett, Andrew Grove, Nissan's Carlos Ghosn -- believe that electric cars will be a big answer to our climate and energy problems.

The car literally makes people smile -- it's got a smiley face of a grill, and it's utterly charming.

The "Peapod" is a revolutionary new neighborhood electric vehicle that was displayed at a conference where Fortune 500 companies discussed their progress in making green products in San Francisco.

Like the VW Beetle before it, Peter Arnell's electric Peapod is set to charm its way onto American streets.

Peter Arnell knows how to deliver a message. For 30 years -- since he was barely above legal drinking age -- he's been cooking up design, marketing, and branding strategies for such blue-chip companies as Johnson & Johnson, Reebok, Unilever, Electrolux, Home Depot, Pfizer, and Donna Karan.

Here's a car even Mother Earth could love. It's the tiny Peapod, an electric-powered vehicle that has a top speed of 25 mph, using so little energy that it costs just 2 cents a mile to drive.

The Peapod neighborhood electric vehicle won't go on sale until October, but it will be featured during Wednesday morning's Today Show on NBC.

There's nothing more "green" than an all-electric vehicle that operates at low speeds with no emissions. Peapod is designed to jump-start interest in an NEV segment that always has been the dowdy province of true Earth Firsters...

The Peapod is "on fire" on Google search.

Do you want to own a smiling car? Just in time for Earth Day, a new four-seat electric vehicle is going on sale starting tomorrow.

The designer of an ultra-eco-friendly new electric car parked a prototype outside the Javits Center yesterday.

Peapod is meant to appeal to early-adopting city dwellers in search of stylish but limited automotive transportation.

The Peapod stands out by design. From the outside, the totally curvy body smiles at you from pretty much every angle, but especially the front.

But why then did Fast Company name the Peapod as the number two way to jump start the auto business?

The Peapod has been developed in line with typical driving conditions and city planning trends that are heading more and more towards slower, smaller spaces.

Here's how this 21st-century love bug borrows from the past and piggybacks on our Apple-obsessed future.

Very sixties French, like a Citroen bug ... very cool, very comfortable.

More like a neighborhood people mover than a take-to-the-road-with-the-wind-in-your-hair type of ride, this car's purpose is well served.

Executives of America's nascent NEV industry are on the edges of their little seats these days about two major, unresolved issues that will mightily influence their market in the years ahead.

The Peapod car will be available in a half dozen colors with four more to come. Mr. Arnell said the company will offer an extensive program of custom accessories in the manner of Mini or Scion.

Peapod lead designer Peter Arnell appeared on The Martha Stewart Show to talk about the future of transportation.

On the interior, innovations such as iPod integration in the center console, mesh seating for air circulation, and the use of eco-friendly recycled and recyclable materials are what the company claims as 'styling reflecting the environmentally friendly nature that has been the hallmark of (the subsidiary) since its founding 10 years ago.'

Once again our readers enthusiastically answer the call, this time to chop and rework the Peapod. The resulting 42 entries range from cute and cuddly Peapods to nightmare fuel Peapods ? and everything in between.

At first glance, you will find the GEM Peapod to be extremely striking in design, deriving part of its name from the pod-like shape. The whole idea is to reflect its environmentally friendly nature that has always been part of (the company's) DNA since it was founded a decade ago.