There has been a lot of talk lately about green vehicles, and it is not about the colour green. A green vehicle is basically an auto that is not as harmful to the environment as the gas-powered vehicles that have been produced and used for the last several decades. Green vehicles are low-carbon emission machines. Many of them are generated by a variety of fuels such as alcohol, electricity, natural gas, hydrogen, propane, and biodiesel. They are often known as alternative-fuel vehicles.

Green vehicles are becoming more popular because traditional vehicle pollutants have been linked many respiratory and cardiopulmonary diseases and many people have died as a result of the air pollution they produce.

Below are a couple of examples of green vehicles that are in use today.

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