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Abandoned History: Oldsmobile's Guidestar Navigation System and Other Cartography (Part VI)

The Truth About Cars

Sacrificing much, GM spent billions and billions of 1980s dollars on technology and engineering entities at the behest of CEO Roger Smith, who wanted to transform The General into a company more resembling a conglomerate like GE. Notably, the Avis partnership was not directly with GM this time but negotiated through Zexel.

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Toyota FCV Mirai launches in LA; initial TFCS specs; $57,500 or $499 lease; leaning on Prius analogy

Green Car Congress

—Akio Toyoda, Toyota Motor Corporation President/CEO. It is also to create an agile and clean impression of air passing through and under the bumper. This creates an advanced clean design with aerodynamics that improve airflow. —Satoshi Ogiso, Managing Officer, Toyota Motor Corporation. The Prius analogy.

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