AutoblogGreen for 12.31.08

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I'm not sure which is more unreal: turning an old 4Runner into an infant incubator or building a solar-powered submarine. As for something totally real, Ford may not get enough batteries for the new Fusion hybrid. That'd be too bad.

• An electric tourist wagon prowled Toronto in 1903
• Project Goldfish: world's first solar-powered submarine
• Ford: don't get too excited about the Fusion hybrid, we may not have enough batteries
• Turn that old 4Runner into an infant incubator
• University dorm story more important in Flint than hometown Chevy Volt story
• Consolidating travel update in one consolidated post
• UNM wants to "link the world of biofuels with the world of fuel cells."
• Diesel-powered Isuzu D-Max caught testing in US
• While everything else is shrinking, US moves to #1 spot in wind power
• First commercial biofuel jet test successfully completed yesterday
• SEMA comes out against cash for clunkers
• Japan restructuring taxes, halts duties for eco-friendly cars
• 2009 Michelin Challenge Bibendum delayed to at least 2010
• China BAK Battery selected to receive government grants for R&D, manufacturing

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