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Meet Mr. Internet: Vint Cerf

Cars That Think

He weathered years of business turmoil—mergers begun and abandoned, MCI’s acquisition by WorldCom, and finally a declaration of bankruptcy in 2003 and sale to Verizon in 2005. As senior vice president for data architecture he worked to help the company expand the Internet side of its business. Hi Eric, would you like some help?”

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Weve kept the summary table below generally up-to-date for passenger PHEVs, but not for BEVs, motorcycles or larger vehicles like buses and trucks. Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10. Aims to get Saturn Vue on road in 2010; no production goal. In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. See Chevy Volt for latest.

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