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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Agrees on environmental and economic benefits, though some presentations backtrack on that; says batteries need further development before commitment to mass-production. 2010 Prius designed to be manufactured with NiMH or Lithium batteries. We believe such production models could be available for sale in three years."Furia

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

operations are small - about 20 people work in a sales and marketing outpost in Elk Grove Village, Ill., BYD makes about 80% of Motorolas RAZR handsets, as well as batteries for iPods and iPhones and low-cost computers, including the model distributed by Nicholas Negropontes One Laptop per Child nonprofit based in Cambridge, Mass.

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