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For the second year in a row the General Motors West Coast Advanced Design Studio has won the LA Auto Show Design Challenge. Last year the General landed on top with the futuristic party van called the GMC Pad. This year's winning entrant was the HUMMER 02 a tread-lightly concept that not only met the challenge of the contest's theme this year Enivoronmental Sustainability but surpassed it by offering the environment a net gain. The out-there enviro-concept features a phototropic body shell with algae-filled body panels that literally photosynthesizes carbon dioxide into oxygen. That's right it breathes oxygen into the atmosphere. The 02 is technically a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle with four hydraulic motors one in each wheel. The greenest HUMMER ever conceived the 02 would never be a candidate for a green washing.

More renderings and GM's press release with more details on the 02 can be found after the jump.

[Source: GM]

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