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...much will electric cars cost, including operating costs? Not very different from the price of a normal car. The battery cost plus the cost of electricity is lower [than gasoline] for the consumer. There is absolutely no reason for the consumer to feel the pinch. Obviously, incentives are going to help...
...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 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...
...personnel scandals that have plagued past transitions. While the questionnaire may seem intimidating, the questions it poses aren't necessarily intended to give a good sense of an applicant's ability to successfully perform a government job. It's also unlikely that a few wrong answers would be reason enough for elimination, especially given that the President-elect himself would not have emerged from answering the questionnaire unscathed. (Question #20 asks the applicant to detail any past or present associations that might have "the potential for embarrassment." Bill Ayers, anyone?) For those brave enough to get through the questions...
...commuters at Tokyo's Shibuya station - through which 2.3 million people pass every day - can be a risk. Even stepping out of the flow to grab a paper at one of the station's many convenience stores can be a struggle. But as of Monday, there's a new reason for Tokyoites to take a detour from their well-worn paths: revered Japanese artist Taro Okamoto's Asu no Shinwa ("Myth of Tomorrow") now has a permanent home near the Keio Inokashira line in the Shibuya station...