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By partnering with these two industries. This is different from anything Ive ever seen in my 40 years in the automobile industry." ( Detroit Free Press ). They will buy a car and rent or lease the battery and the cost of leasing the battery will be the same as, or less than, the cost theyre paying today for petrol.
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