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Junkyard Find: 1972 Ford Econoline "BIG CHEESE"

The Truth About Cars

I asked among my acquaintances whose families have been in this region for generations and nobody can recall a company that had a cheese-themed delivery Econoline like this one. The build tag says it was built at the Lorain plant in Ohio. The owner of Rosen-Novak Ford came to a bad end two decades ago. This one has the slider.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

BYD has also begun selling a plug-in electric car with a backup gasoline engine, a move putting it ahead of GM, Nissan, and Toyota. And Wang stresses that BYD, unlike Sony and Sanyo, has never faced a recall of its batteries. Wang says the engineers come from Chinas best schools. "They are the top of the top," he says.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Price tag: about $25,000, made from 95% recyclable materials with a top speed of 65 miles per hour and range of 110 miles per charge. Think Global managers want to develop the car plant and launch an engineering center, perhaps alongside. Remember that a steam engine is an external combustion engine, an ECE. ENON.OB ) ).

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The four-door sedan will deliver 40 miles on a charge; a small gasoline engine will recharge the battery as it approaches depletion, extending its range by as much as 200 miles. If the EV1 was viable (or even close) we would see Ford, Toyota, Honda, etc all with 80 mile cars right now.do Engineering proptypes enjoy a tax break.

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