"Lots and lots of companies from overseas, especially from China, selling very cheap products, that users can have in order to recharge their cell phones or small devices, that run on solar energy or wind energy."

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But onshore wind has run into political difficulties of its own.

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The car runs on green electricity which has been generated by wind turbines, run by the Stroud-based company Ecotricity.

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According to Motorwave, the new technology can reduce energy bills by up to 50 percent and costs between 10 and 20 per cent of current small wind turbine systems to run.

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