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UAW crash with Detroit 3 displays a extra confrontational union as collision time limit looms

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14, we’re going to take action to get it by any means necessary.” At the alternative hand, if a collision lasted even simply 10 days, it will charge the 3 automakers just about a thousand million bucks, the Anderson Financial Staff has calculated. Others say they’re simply hoping to get akin that determine.

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Mitsubishi success to spawn more electric cars

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We’re just weeks away from the first fleet buyers in Japan receiving the production version of the much hyped Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric car with individual buyers able to place orders for delivering beginning next April. The unexpected success of the vehicle has prompted the company to work on five more electric cars.

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Why the UAW is all set to hit primary US automakers this life

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Most likely maximum notable to the union is that it’s allowed to constitute employees at 10 electrical car battery factories, maximum of which can be being constructed through joint ventures between automakers and South Korean battery makers. The union desires the ones vegetation to obtain height UAW wages. .

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MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

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Write For GO About Advertise Contact Login Explore GO Media: News & Opinion Family & Lifestyle Business & Technology Gas 2.0 The breakthrough could revolutionize electric car battery technology and pave the way for ultra-fast charging electric vehicles in as little as two years. Like this post?

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electric smart ready for production

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Several cities in the US are also due to start trials of the fully electric car and the invaluable feedback will be incorporated into the development of future production models. A UK market trial of 100 cars started in December 2007 with fleet customers. The smart ed has no gear change and can reach 30 mph in 6.5

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Supporters of the car say that’s shortsighted. Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. . and Chrysler.

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Technology Review: First Plug-in Hybrid to Be Sold in the United States

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In spite of Teslas lead in getting a car to market, it is expected to sell fewer cars than Fisker, Omotoso says. The Tesla Roadster can go 244 miles on a charge, but recharging it takes hours. JD Power estimates that Tesla will sell 500 to 800 cars next year, while Fisker Automotive is expected to sell more than 10,000. [1]