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Entries for the “environmental sustainability” design challenge at this year’s Los Angeles Auto Show will showcase some wild-sounding concepts that carmakers deem appealing to the active Southern California lifestyle. The goal is to be both eco- and SoCal-friendly, Forbesautos.com reports.


While entries vary wildly, many focus on cars built with recyclable materials, which observers attribute to the increased attention being paid to environmental and landfill issues that vehicles create when they become trash.


Some entrants, like Volkswagen and Audi, say they are working under an imagined premise that a proposal by the U.S. Department of Transportation mandates all vehicles be near 100 percent recyclable by 2015. The European Union has such a directive on the books, but there is no such federal proposal in the U.S.


The seemingly far-fetched entries include General Motors’ advanced design studio’s Hummer O2, a tractor-like dune buggy with solar-powered retractable body panels filled with algae, meant to transform carbon dioxide to oxygen.


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