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Honda May Develop Plug-In as Obama Alters U.S. Policy (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

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Honda, which began leasing hydrogen fuel cell FCX Claritysedans in Los Angeles last year, still sees hydrogen as the bestlong-term alternative to gasoline as a fuel that can cut carbonexhaust tied to global warming, President Takeo Fukui said in aninterview. Bush in 2003 committed$1.2 While GM, Toyota and Hyundai Motor Co.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Hyundai Partnering with Korean battery companies for hybrids. When Lutz first proposed creating an electric car in 2003, the idea "bombed" inside GM, he says. "I Hyundai is studying ways to develop the next-generation hybrid car that can be recharged at home electric outlets, but no decision has been made yet, said a company official.

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