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Hitachi Restructures, Spinning Off Automotive Systems Business; to Launch Group-Wide Strategies for Li-ion Battery and Renewables Businesses

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The new company will concentrate business resources on automotive systems that address environmental and safety demands. At the same time, the new company will downsize, exit and restructure operations in business areas that offer little prospect of future market expansion or where Hitachi is uncompetitive.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet."

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