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As part of a drive to push green innovation in the racing world, the American Le Mans series has announced the Green Challenge. Basically, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy are partnering with SAE to encourage race teams to use renewable fuels, alternative engine configurations, regenerative braking and emissions controls. Chevy unveiled this Corvette race car, plastered in E85 stickers, to highlight the announcement. We're bigger fans of the Vantage GT2 , which is also powered by ethanol, or the Lexus IS350 GT2 . No emissions targets or environmental impact limits have been set. While we would love to see racing reduce its impact on the world around us, thus furthering research into enabling passenger cars to do the same, we can't help but feel efforts like this merely pay lip service to being environmentally friendly in order to placate critics.
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It looks like BMW is going to offer its first hybrid powertrain in the new X6 Sport Activity Vehicle. It's likely that sales of the X6 hybrid will begin in 2009. The new X-Drive system should come in handy distributing the massive torque the electric motors are sure to develop to whichever wheel has the most grip. [ Via eGM CarTech ]
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Ferrari announced two goals for upcoming vehicles: to increase power-to-weight ratios and reduce emissions. To go along with some fairly ugly green stickers, their ethanol-fueled F430 prototype boasts 10bhp extra -- bringing the total to 493bhp -- and 5 percent lower emissions. It could be on sale by 2010, forming part of the company's pledge to shrink overall emissions 40 percent by 2012. Apparently, 5 percent at a time. galleryPost('ferraribiopowerlive', 6, 'Ferrari F430 BioPower in Detroit');
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Ferrari announced two goals for upcoming vehicles, to increase power-to-weight ratios and reduce emissions. In addition to the ugly green stickers, their ethanol-fueled F430 prototype has 10bhp extra -- bringing the total to 493bhp -- and 5% lower emissions. It could be on sale by 2010, forming part of the company's resolution to reduce their overall emissions 40% by 2012, apparently 5% at a time. galleryPost('ferraribiopowerlive', 6, 'Ferrari F430 BioPower in Detroit');
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