I found an interesting article in the Financial Post's Business magazine which discussed innovations in the auto industry. One of them was vehicles that run on ethanol.
Basically, sugar cane powers Brazil's most popular cars. They are flex cars and they run on ethanol, gas or a combination of both. In August 2005 alone, flex cars accounted for 62% of all new car sales in South America with makes and models coming from manufacturers such as Ford, Volkswagen, GM and Fiat. Ethanol can also be made from corn, beet root and wheat. At $2 a gallon, ethanol-blended fuel is half the price of regular gasoline.
Another cool innovation is the Xebra, an all-electric model that hits the US market this month. Check it out by clicking here.
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