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car companies and battery makers as much as the Chinese government is going to help BYD. Sokol told me that Mr. Much as I admire the Obama administration’s energy and environment team, there’s no way that the U.S. government is going to help U.S.
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so-called “clean hydrogen,” including incentives for both its manufacture through less emissive processes (it has heretofore primarily been created using natural gas , which often comes from “fracking”) and for the purchase of vehicles – not only passenger cars such as the Toyota Mirai but commercial trucks and vans. and a third).
Ill never purchase one again, no matter what the mpgs. Posted by: GSP | Apr 14, 2009 9:07:50 AM Funny, BYD (chinese) already came out with their version of the volt this year. GM cant do it but a 15 year old chinese car company can.now thats funny! guess who GM sold the NIHM auto-battery patents too. thats right.
borders but across the entire global autoindustry. Auto Sales According to recent forecasts by industry analysts, Trumps tariffs are expected to lead to a drop of 1.8 Higher prices on showroom floors and, consequently, fewer purchases. Heres a deep dive into how these tariffs are shaking up the market. The result?
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