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...Today, as giants like General Motors tumble into bankruptcy and others like Sony struggle with historic losses, smaller rivals are maneuvering for their market share. On the following pages, TIME looks at the key strategies of four companies that are seizing opportunity amid turmoil...
Still, Rubinstein has managed to keep Palm in the race. The Pre ought to find new converts, but it is Palm's WebOS that's the key to success. Rubinstein told me that Palm is working on an array of mobile Internet devices, all powered by WebOS, which he argues - persuasively - is built to last a decade or more...
...travel as far as 100 km on a full charge, more than enough for a day's riding. But batteries remain the weak point. Most e-bikes rely on lead-acid batteries, cheap century-old technology unsuitable for the growing demands of daily commuting. "The battery is the key limiting factor," says Jonathan Weinert, a transportation expert who wrote his doctoral dissertation on electric bikes in China...
...While lead-acid batteries are improving, Weinart says that electric bikes will create a larger market for lithium-ion batteries - a newer, lighter technology whose development is key for the future of electric vehicles. Already Giant, the world's largest manufacturer of pedal bicycles but a small player in the Chinese e-bike market, has made headway in northern Europe selling high-end e-bikes that use lith-ion batteries. "To the extent that the electric bike industry can help get battery costs down, test the technology and get it in the market, that may lead" the development of electric...
Netanyahu was reportedly shocked to discover, during his recent Washington trip, that Obama's position on settlements had the backing of many key friends of Israel on Capitol Hill. The President, in his Cairo speech, reaffirmed a rock-solid bond with Israel based on ensuring its security in a hostile environment. But that support doesn't translate into condoning the "Greater Israel" expansion into occupied territories represented by the settlements, which play little role in Israel's security today except as a drain on resources. A settlement freeze, conceived in the so-called Road Map to peace (first outlined...