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The Real Story of Pixar

Cars That Think

Here I'll pick up the story as adapted from my narrative in A Biography of the Pixel , published this month by MIT Press. But we almost closed a joint deal with two vast corporations, General Motors and Philips. Disney bought the company in 2006 for more than $7 billion. George and Marcia Lucas divorced in 1983.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform. Ford Chairman and CEO Bill Ford at 2006 Shareholders Meeting ) GM top 12/31/07 [GM Vice Chairman Bob] Lutz, 75, is undergoing a green conversion in the twilight of his career. "I Newsweek ).

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