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  A Rev Head's Green Dream

The words 'Rev Head' and green car are not natural companions. Until now, most of the machines that car fanatics have lusted over have tended to be of the petrol guzzling variety that leave a huge carbon footprint hanging over the once clear skies of our planet. But all that could be about to change. Tesla Motors could well have come up with a world first – an electric sports car that ticks the looks and performance boxes and is great for the environment.
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  The All-New Hybrid from Ford vs Toyota's Prius

Ford and Toyota's tussle for the best green car enters a new chapter with the upcoming release of the Ford Focus in 2010. The hybrid version is Ford's best-driving and most fuel efficient vehicle in this category yet, and it certainly surpasses the Prius in many ways.
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  Australia's Quest for Green Cars

Talk has been rife about Australia's car industry's need to produce green cars to combat the spectre of global warming and potentially disastrous climate change. Although it can be argued that Australia's contribution to the global emissions scheme of things is relatively miniscule, and greenhouse gases coming from cars is far outweighed that coming from farming and bush burn-offs, many people believe that Australia should take the lead in developing the next wave in car technology, one that promises ever-decreasing carbon output and increasingly powered by non-traditional sources: plants, wind, sun and water currents.
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  So What Are Green Cars, Really?

Ask someone what comes into mind when you say green cars, and the answer's likely to be a Japanese or German car model that runs partly on battery power. Yes, this is currently the entire car industry's state of the art that's in mass production, but the idea of green cars go far beyond hybrids.
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