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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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Furthermore, to strengthen cost competitiveness more production of starters, suspension and other products will be transferred to subsidiaries in China, Thailand and elsewhere, and materials will increasingly be procured locally. Hitachi will also establish Renewable Energy & Smart Grid Division in the Power Systems Group.

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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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At present, PHEV technology alone is equipped to improve the current electric grid. The car can refuel during periods of low demand on the grid, and if equipped with a bi-directional charger, can actually replenish the grid with excess energy gleaned from a renewable resource. To ignore this potential is wasteful and foolish.

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