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The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

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Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service/Getty Images. The EV battery start-up company SPARKZ is going to fill its worker needs in its planned West Virginia plant by recruiting and retraining laid off coal miners. It says the new plant will employ at least 350 people and could grow to 3,000 workers.

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

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Ill never purchase one again, no matter what the mpgs. Denmark did that with Wind Power and now most of their energy comes from wind rather than oil, natural gas, or coal. should be illegal for companies to purchase patents for the purpose of blocking technology. Posted by: Escher | Apr 14, 2009 12:49:45 PM another side note.

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