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Corn produced for biofuels in China.

Car drives through rapeseed fields.

Farmer harvests sugar cane.

A worker moves palm oil in Malaysia.

A handful of soybeans

A pile of sugar beet crop.

Woman plants jatropha.

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An ’Electric Networked-Vehicle’ is driven by a General Motors' staff member.

Mercedes Benz F-Cell Hydrogen Fuel-Cell car.

Press gather around the "Ale," an experimental, highly fuel-efficient car built by Fuelvapor Technologies.

The Toyota Prius.

The Volkswagen One-Liter car, also known as the 1L, is a two-person concept car designed to use just 1 liter of fuel per 100 kilometers (235 miles per gallon).

As a world leader in biofuels production, Brazil is home to so-called "flex-fuel" cars that run on either biofuel, conventional gasoline, or a combination of both. The latest example is the Obvio! 828.

The concept car MILA is a standard 1.6-liter four-cylinder model converted to run on natural gas alone.

New Zealand's solar car "Solar Fern" at the World Solar Challenge.

A woman holds a funnel as she waits to refill the fuel tank of an eco-friendly car.

An electric-powered e-jeepney drives past regular jeepneys, one of the Philippines' most recognizable icons, during its test run in Manila.

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The Audi A1 e-tron is the electric version of the original Audi A1 model.

Tesla’s Model X is a full-sized battery electric SUV.

According to BMW, the i3 model is an “uncompromisingly sustainable” vehicle designed for urban areas.

The Twizy is an electric city car, relatively cheap compared to other electric vehicles.

The Toyota Prius.

The Smart Fortwo ED is the battery electric version of the Smart micro car.

The Chevrolet Volt.

The Nissan Leaf.

The Tesla Roadster is a fully electric car that features zero emissions despite a top speed of 125 mph (201 km/h).

Former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi takes a ride in the eight-wheeled electric car "Eliica."

People look at a Reva electric car in New Delhi.

An electric-powered e-jeepney drives past regular jeepneys, one of the Philippines' most recognizable icons, during its test run in Manila.

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Car light trails are pictured as traffic jam along a main road in Sao Paulo.

A wreckage of an old car is carried by a crane at a junkyard.

New cars are covered with protective covers before they are loaded for export on a transport ship.

Cars line up to fill their tanks with compressed natural gas (CNG) at a Buenos Aires gas station.

A Thai worker installs a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tank in a car at a garage.

Thai police uses cooking oil.

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva sits in a tri-fuel car which runs on Gasoline, Biofuel or Natural Gas.

Plug-in hybrid vehicle.

Car on high speed.

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A picture shows a part of a electrolyser that makes hydrogen from water at a hybrid power plant ... / Credits: Reuters

A Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle is plugged into a charging station / Credits: Reuters

Shai Agassi, CEO of "Better Place" held his TEDtalk in Long Beach California in 2009. / Credits: TED Conferences LLC

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The next generation of hybrid cars can be charged simply by plugging into a normal wall socket. / Credits: Reuters

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An environmental activist with green paint on his hand gives a plant to a car driver. / Credits: Reuters

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