American auto manufacturers fight to take part in alternative fuel market

MEDILL NEWS SERVICE Car manufacturers are lined up this week at the Chicago Auto Show to promise alternative-energy vehicles that will reduce carbon footprints. With massive losses posted by American manufacturers in 2007, the Big Three are incorporating alternative energy products into their fleets in an attempt to catch up to international manufacturers. Hybrid car sales rose roughly 38 percent between 2006 and 2007, from 250,000 units to 350,000 units. Toyota Motor Corp’s hybrid sales acco

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