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Daimler and Toray to establish JV for carbon-fiber based automobile parts; new production and joining process enables large-scale production

Green Car Congress

Toray Industries, Inc. and Daimler AG are forming a joint venture in Esslingen, Germany, for manufacturing and marketing of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics (CFRP) automobile parts. Reducing the vehicle weight for boosting fuel efficiency is an important issue in the automobile industry.

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Ford Executive Chair Bill Ford Asks UAW to End Strike

The Truth About Cars

I still believe the automobile industry is a major force for good in our country. The keystone argument in this year’s aggressive contract negotiations is that UAW members have taken hits and made financial concessions to& accommodate automakers through several economic downturns (especially in 2008).

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. Beginning in 2005, we excerpted individual statements of intentions by carmakers, but by the start of 2008, the number of comments became too numerous for us to track. Batteries not ready.

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