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GM to double models with 40 mpg highway or better by 2017; ongoing manufacturing efficiency improvements

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The company is also the thermodynamic efficiency of gasoline engines using a suite of technologies that include downsizing, turbocharging, direct injection, variable valve timing and cylinder deactivation. Manufacturing Technologies that yield cost and quality improvements while decreasing the use of resources and materials.

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Hitachi Restructures, Spinning Off Automotive Systems Business; to Launch Group-Wide Strategies for Li-ion Battery and Renewables Businesses

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The new company will concentrate business resources on automotive systems that address environmental and safety demands. At the same time, the new company will downsize, exit and restructure operations in business areas that offer little prospect of future market expansion or where Hitachi is uncompetitive.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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It offers the solution to several significant transitions we need: moving society from burning fossil fuels to substituting renewable resource fuels such as solar, wind and biofuels; and from using fossil materials as fuel to using them for other recyclable uses. It is much more than that. Smaller and lighter, it requires less liquid fuel.

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