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Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

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News | Markets | Technology | Personal Finance | Small Business | CNN.com RSS Newsletters Video Home Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management Rankings Andy Grove on battery power To wean itself from imported oil, the U.S. In a similar vein, batteries will be a competitive advantage for the auto-makers of the future.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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We believe such production models could be available for sale in three years."Furia which hopes to sell cars here in three to five years, used the Detroit Auto Show to display a prototype sedan it says can run 60 miles on batteries developed in-house and another 190 miles on a gas/electric system. I got beaten down a number of times."

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

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Wang entered the automobile business in 2003 by buying a Chinese state-owned car company that was all but defunct. His engineers investigate a wide array of technologies, from automobile air-conditioning systems that can run on batteries to the design of solar-powered streetlights. 107.12% Rite Aid Corporation 0.66

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