1. Fuel Cell Cars May Someday Run on Hydrogen Made From Starch

A new way to make hydrogen from corn or potatoes could make fuel-cell vehicles more practical.

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2. Lexus Hybrid Ad Banned For Misleading Environmental Claims

Complaints made to the Advertising Standards Authority said that the claims misleadingly implied that the car caused little or no harm to the environment.

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3. Starch Could Power Cars of the Future

The technique could produce hydrogen for as little as $8 for 4 kilograms of hydrogen. This could fuel a car for more than 300 miles.

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4. Developed Countries Most to Blame for Climate Change, Argues China

China sees recent British efforts to engage developing countries in climate change fight as ignoring the larger role played by developing nations.

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5. Hydrogen-from-Biomass Agreement Penned

Virent's technology enables the economic production of hydrogen, among other fuels and chemicals, from renewable glycerol and sugar-based feedstocks.

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6. Ford Delivers Hydrogen Shuttles to Florida

Ford Motor Company and the State of Florida today announced that they are putting a fleet of hydrogen-fueled Ford E-450 buses on the road in Orlando, the first U.S. city to take delivery of these ultra clean vehicles.

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7. US Energy Dept. Funds Plug-in Hybrid Research

The goal is to advance plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and fuel-cell vehicles.

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8. Plug-in Hybrids Still At Testing Stage

These vehicles can be plugged in at home to recharge the batteries and, according to one report, this costs less than $1 US a gallon.

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9. Walmart, Peterbilt Collaborate on Hybrid 'Big Rig'

The Peterbilt Model 386, 330 and 335 hybrid trucks operate in much the same way that a regular gasoline-electric hybrid car works.

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10. Lithium Tech. Corp. Debuts 125mpg Plug-in Prius

The battery for the Prius utilizes LTC's new product line of lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) cells, the largest cells of their kind in the world.

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