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Tech: Are EVs More Expensive to Repair?

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You can buy a standard gas-powered car, hybrid or an electric vehicle. When hybrid cars first entered the modern automotive landscape in 2000, they were more expensive than their gas counterparts. Only the Ford Escape hybrid requires any extra maintenance. There are also several types of fuel-efficient cars to choose from.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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More from Fortune No party for Citis owners: You and me Is it time to buy American Express? tech industry during the 1990s. By about 2000, BYD had become one of the worlds largest manufacturers of cellphone batteries. Berkshire Hathaway first tried to buy 25% of BYD, but Wang turned down the offer.

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The Strange Story of the Teens Behind the Mirai Botnet

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His parents happily indulged this passion, buying him a computer and providing him with unrestricted Internet access. One day in February 2000, for example, the hacker MafiaBoy knocked out Fifa.com , Amazon.com , Dell , E-Trade , eBay , CNN , as well as Yahoo , at the time the largest search engine on the Internet.

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