Another team from a public high school in one of the most disadvantaged neighborhoods in Philadelphia successfully created a low carbon emissions and ultra-high efficiency alternative fuel vehicle which competed against collegiate and corporate teams.

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The report projects that by 2040, alternative fuel vehicles will consume about 13.7% of our light-duty vehicle fuel.

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We must reduce our dependence on oil by requiring better vehicle fuel economy, and by increasing the use of alternative fuels and innovative transportation technology such as plug-in hybrids.

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Mr. PHIL LAMPERT (Director, National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition): It was a tremendous success in that before that, there were no alternative-fuel vehicles manufactured in this country.

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