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As technology comtinues to revolutionize, hybrid cars have become much more popular. Many people believe that they will put an end to global warming. Hybrid cars are helping the environment by reducing the amount of carbon dioxide, a harmful greenhouse gas, that is distributed into the air. Hybrid cars use less gas because they have both an electric motor and a gas motor. The combination of these two help the car to get more miles out of each tank of gas. Many major car companies are producing them and designing newer models every year. "It's been a momentous year for cleaner vehicles (see "Getting There: A Guide to Planet-Friendly Cars," Consumer News, July/August 2004). DaimlerChrysler rolled out the first plug-in hybrid, albeit, as a test vehicle, and announced it would soon import the fuel-sipping Smart city car. Several more manufacturers, including Ford, added new hybrids to their fleets. And the race to bring a fuel-cell car to market is getting hotter, as Honda and General Motors unveiled the latest versions of their hydrogen prototypes."

Source Citation-
Motavalli, Jim. "Clean cars: the next generation.(hybrid vehicles )(Brief article)." E 17.6 (Nov-Dec 2006): 24(1). Student Resource Center - Gold. Thomson Gale. Centennial High School (MD). 19 Jan. 2007 http://find.galegroup.com/ips/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T003&prodId=IPS&docId=A156001712&source=gale&srcprod=SRCG&userGroupName=elli29753&version=1.0.