Gasoline-powered Ford cleans bad L.A. air
Ford's low-emission 2005 Focus is among a growing class of gas-powered vehicles that are actually greener than electrics. In some atmospheric conditions — a brown day in San Bernardino, for instance — PZEV vehicles actually clean the air, which is to say, their emissions are cleaner than the air sucked into the engine.
(Los Angeles Times story, probably requires registration)