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GM Ventures invests in battery-electric bus company Proterra

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General Motors Ventures LLC will invest $6 million in Proterra Inc., with additional buses to be added, and new buses and charging stations are also headed to San Antonio and Tallahassee, Fla., Comparing fuel costs and fuel efficiency. Source: GM. Click to enlarge. later this year.

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Toyota to Exit NUMMI in March 2010

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Toyota Motor announced it will end its Corolla and Tacoma production contract with New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. NUMMI) on 31 March 2010 and shift production of those vehicles to Toyota wholly-owned facilities. To that end, we will consider moving additional Corolla production back to North America over time.

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