Hybrid cars could have some competition from another eco-friendly vehicle, the electric car, in the coming months if Mitsubishi has it’s way. Of course it depends on you, as Mitsubishi plans on brining a only a few of their electric cars to the US to see if there is a viable mass market for them here in the states.

This is pretty exciting considering that there is only one company selling electric cars in the US these days, Tesla. They make the 100,000 dollar Roadster, which is no doubt out of most folks price range. In Japan, Mistubishi’s MiEV, goes for between 45,000-50,000 (not counting a 15,000 government incentive) which seems much more reasonable.

Also getting ready for the electric car market is Nissan and General Motors, who plan on releasing “the volt” in 2010.

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We all know that Matt Damon likes his car chase scenes fast and furious. (Bourne Ultimatum scene | Damon talking about those stunts) So it was no surprise that Damon was one of the first in line to buy a Tesla Roadster — the soon-to-be-released electric car that also happens to be one of the fastest-accelerating street-legal vehicles on the planet.

“Next year I’m getting a Tesla Roadster,” he told press last year, “Which I’m very, very excited about. It’s an electric car, gets about 250 miles to the charge and is fast as hell!”

Damon got to test drive one on Sunday. A blogger from Autofiends.com happened to be on hand when Damon pulled up to a Coffee Bean in Studio City (North Los Angeles), CA in a light blue Tesla prototype. Cool part: Damon was stoked to chat about his new joy ride. (click for story and more pix)

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Tesla Motors is currently in production on the 2008 model of their instant classic, all electric, sports car, the Tesla Roadster. If you feel like saving the environment in an energy efficient car that’s also sexy as all get out, the Tesla Roadster is the car for you. Factor in the added bonus of never having to stand at a gas pump again and it’s clear why this new American auto company has sold out its production orders of the Roadster.

But how does it work? You simply plug the car into the wall, charge it up and you’re off and running. The Roadster goes from 0 to 60 in 3.9 seconds off the line. It has a range of 220 miles per charge. The equivalent energy efficiency of the vehicle to a gas powered car is 135 miles per gallon and the cost of running the Roadster is less than 2 cents per mile.

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On March 23 VH1 will air Aftermath: The Station Fire Five Years Later, an edited version of the four-hour concert “Phoenix Rising,” a benefit concert to assist the Station Family Fund (SFF).

The SFF generates and dispenses monies needed to ease the medical bills of those who survived Rhode Island’s infamous Station nightclub fire, a blaze that killed 100 rock fans and injured another 200 on Feb 20, 2003.

The “Phoenix Rising” concert was held on February 25th at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence and was co-organized by the group Tesla, who lost an

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