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  Cool new ice-cream van goes green
Updated 05 December 2003, 11.12
The new ice-cream van
Ice cream vans have been part of our summer for the last 60 years, but now they're finally going green.

A fleet of new, environmentally friendly ice cream cars are hitting the streets next summer, armed with the latest technology to keep you cool.

The old vans needed to keep their engines going all the time to run their fridges, but the new cars have fridges which work without the engine on.

The new vans also hold more icy treats, and can play CDs of the latest songs.

Child eating ice cream
More treats!

Instead of running off the car's engine, the fridge is charged overnight.

And, because the new vans are much cheaper than before, you should see more of them - which means more ice cream all round!

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