11. 10.5 Million Alt-fuel Vehicles on American Roads

General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler Group all build flexible-fuel vehicles, which are capable of running on straight gasoline or ethanol-blended fuels, or e85, that are a mixture of 85% ethanol and 15% conventional gasoline.

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12. 17-Year-Old Actress Leases Honda FCX Fuel Cell Car

Q'orianka Kilcher becomes the youngest customer to lease the company's environmental status symbol.

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13. 77th Geneva International Auto Show to Feature Greener Cars

As well as the usual horsepower-packed Dream cars, new technologies offering alternative energies, will be a major focus of the salon amid increasing consumer awareness of global warming and other environmental issues.

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14. 2006 Hybrid Sales Best Yet, But Rate of Growth Slowed

Consumers bought 254,545 hybrids last year as gasoline prices hit $3 per gallon or more for much of the year, up from 199,148 in 2005, but the rate of sale growth slowed.

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15. 2007 Prius: Proud To Be Green

Tooling along in the Prius, I found it impossible to not have delusions of superiority over every conventional car I passed.

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16. 181 MPG In a Honda Insight?

At Hybridfest 2006, Gerdes enhanced his legend by logging an eye-popping 180.91 mpg in a Honda Insight during a 20-mile course through the streets of Madison, Wis.

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