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Toyota-backed U.S. self-driving startup garners $67 million investment

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The company plans to make self-driving buses and taxis by 2025, and Bridgestone has also joined Toyota in investing in the company, along with several others. The vehicles are expected to include buses to start, before later including taxis and other automobiles. million) into the Michigan-based May Mobility.

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Will China win the electric car race? The Green Piece

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Though China is clearly way behind the US and Japan in terms of producing petrol powered cars, it hopes to get a jump start on the opposition by skipping this technology and focusing on electrics. Its goal was to be one of the top producers of green cars within three years and a world leader in both electric cars and buses after that.

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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. "Importing batteries from Japan was very expensive," Wang says. "If we put our staff in Japan or the U.S., He knew very little about making cars but proved to be a quick study.

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