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Ford Executive Chair Bill Ford Asks UAW to End Strike

The Truth About Cars

Last week 8,700 union members walked out at the largest and most profitable Ford plant in the world , the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville. I still believe the automobile industry is a major force for good in our country. The strike also could cause a fragile parts supply base to collapse, he said. “We

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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The XHT is a new generation of plug-in hybrid drive train ready to multiply the gas mileage of any SUV or any standard sedan." ( Company PressRelease ) BYD Auto top 2/3/08 BYD Auto Co., This is different from anything Ive ever seen in my 40 years in the automobile industry." ( Detroit Free Press ). This is unusual.

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