Motive Industries reveals hemp electric car plan

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Consortium of Canadian firms prepare to launch electric car made from a bio-fibre-based composite by 2012

Canadian company Motive Industries last week unveiled the specifications for a new electric car made from a bio-fibre-based composite that looks set to become known as one of the world's first hemp electric...

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