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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

Revenge of the Electric Car

billion invested in 180 green-technology companies. billion invested in 180 green-technology companies worldwide in the first quarter of 2010, according to a study by the Cleantech Group and Deloitte. Chinese green-car subsidies on hold. By Jaeah Lee for the Christian Science Monitor. Electric-car ventures made up nearly 40.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

A chemist and government researcher, Wang raised some $300,000 from relatives, rented about 2,000 square meters of space, and set out to manufacture rechargeable batteries to compete with imports from Sony and Sanyo. The day after Fortunes visit to BYD, Oregon Gov. Business of Green B.T.W. 107.12% Rite Aid Corporation 0.66

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