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...This doesn't mean the end of oil. I don't believe it. On the contrary, I think this is going to preserve oil for chemical industries and other industries where you cannot substitute [anything else]. But when you see that you can drive an electric car and it is as pleasant as a normal car, what are you going...
...history of the electric car...
...reason is that Ford alone among the Detroit Three has enough dry powder to get through what will be a very difficult 2009, when car sales aren't expected to top the 11.8 million units sold this year. (In 2007, 16 million cars and light trucks were sold.) General Motor's Wagoner and Chrysler's Nardelli made it pretty clear that without a government bridge loan - $12 billion in GM's case, $7 or $8 billion for Chrysler - there isn't going to be a 2010 for these companies, at least not without a pit stop in bankruptcy. Chrysler ended...
Ford Motor Co. is throwing a party in Los Angeles this week, on the eve of the Los Angeles Auto Show, to celebrate the re-birth of its classic Mustang. Though the car will likely reach showrooms in March, 2009, it is already stirring interest among what Ford's representatives excitedly call 'Mustang Nation,' the legion of owners and other devoted fans. "Some of the Mustang web sites are already talking about the [car's] new rear end," says Robert Gelardi, the senior Ford Designer responsible for the car's new look...
Ford is hoping for the kind of new-car buzz that's rarely heard these days, as recession-smitten consumers shun showrooms. "We put in dramatic shape and sculpture," Gelardi boasts, but quickly adds that Ford is "not re-inventing what Mustang is." There's good reason to temper any jarring notions of change - the car has been in production continuously for 45 years and Ford has sold more than 9 million, making it one of the most popular vehicles ever built by Detroit. "We don't need to come up with a space ship and put a horse...