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Four wheels good?

With the world's love of cars showing little sign of abating, manufacturers are under increasing pressure to make vehicles less polluting and oil dependent. Duncan Graham-Rowe explores some of the technologies that could keep us on the road.

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Graham-Rowe, D. Four wheels good?. Nature 454, 810–811 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/454810a

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