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IIHS Worried About Rear Seat Passengers After Lackluster Small Car Testing

The Truth About Cars

While the IIHS noted that all passengers had seen additional safety measures implemented over the years and that structural intrusions were less of an issue for those in the back, it suggested that forward-facing airbags and seat-belt force limiters could further mitigate injuries. But it also serves as a lesson in automotive history.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

By about 2000, BYD had become one of the worlds largest manufacturers of cellphone batteries. In October a BYD sedan called the F3 became the bestselling sedan in China, topping well-known brands like the Volkswagen Jetta and Toyota ( TM ) Corolla. "Their cars are way behind Toyota, for sure," Sokol admits.

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