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[HybridCars.com] The entire 70,000-square-foot basement of Detroit’s battered Cobo Hall convention center will be filled with a test track that winds through waterfalls and trees. Visitors can drive various hybrid, electric, and green cars, slowly, while carmaker reps or professional drivers sit next to them and pitch the product.

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