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India to be small car hub for Ford – Economic Times

ford - Google News — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:11:02 +0000

India to be small car hub for Ford
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Alan mulally, the 64-year-old messianic chief executive of Ford Motor Co, aims to realise in India the dream of his company's legendary founder ...
Ford to ride Indian roads for acceleration: MulallyTimes of India
Video: Indian-market Ford Figo ads take on local flavorAutoblog (blog)
STAFF AND NEWS SERVICESDetroit Free Press
ABH News -India Today -Khaleej Times
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Video: Zero wheels, all awesome – Homebuilt Kiwi ‘hovercraft’

Jonathon Ramsey — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:03:00 +0000

Filed under: Etc., Videos

Homemade flying hovercraft - Click above to watch video after the jump

Rudy Heeman, an inventor in New Zealand, has created a flying hovercraft. We'll admit right now that it has ~~little~~ nothing to do with cars, but it is ridiculously cool. Heeman wants to make and sell them for only $13,000. Maybe it's time for us to just sell the car and move someplace with waterways for roads. Follow the jump to check it out. Hat tip to Duy!

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Ford is pulling over its ubiquitous black and white – Los Angeles Times

ford - Google News — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:35:53 +0000

BigNews.biz (press release)

Ford is pulling over its ubiquitous black and white
Los Angeles Times
By Nathan Olivarez-Giles The Ford Crown Victoria police car, which for nearly three decades has been the star of high-speed chases and an unwelcome sight in ...
Automakers' competition fierce for law-enforcement fleetsUSA Today
Ford (NYSE: F) Eyeing to Expand Police Cruiser Market with its “Interceptor”American Banking News
The Ford Taurus Police Interceptor: Auto Insurance's FriendCheaper Car Insurance
Detroit Free Press -Examiner.com -Tainted Green
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Jays GM won’t deny interest in Cuban SS – USA Today

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TSN	Jays GM won't deny interest in Cuban SS USA Today DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — Toronto Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos wouldn't deny he's interested in Cuban defector Adeinis Hechavarria, but he declined ... Hechavarria nearing deal with TorontoMLB.com all 26 news articles »

Questions Raised About Driver’s Account of ‘Runaway Toyota’ Incident – ABC News

toyota - Google News — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:00:06 +0000

MiamiHerald.com

Questions Raised About Driver's Account of 'Runaway Toyota' Incident
ABC News
Attempts by federal investigators and Toyota technicians to recreate the experience described by a San Diego driver who said ...
Toyota, US Can't Replicate Prius AccelerationBusinessWeek
Investigators unable to duplicate runaway acceleration in PriusWashington Post
Possible "Runaway" fraud in San Diego: Toyota not just a target of the Feds?San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
CNN -New York Daily News -Reuters
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Video: Indian-market Ford Figo ads take on local flavor

Alex Nunez — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:48:00 +0000

Filed under: Budget, Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Hatchback, Ford, India

Ford Figo TV commercial for the Indian market - Click above to watch videos after the jump

Ford aims to take India by storm with its new Figo hatchback, designed to be the leader in its class from the outset. As you might imagine, the first television ads pushing the new ride frame the car as being perfect for Indian drivers. Mehendi ink on the dashboard? No worries! Super-cold A/C? Check. Plus, there's room for your your lucky elephant - small or large. Follow the jump to check out two of the new Indian spots for the Ford Figo.

Gallery: 2010 Ford Figo

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Skin transplants help patients with vitiligo – Los Angeles Times (blog)

ford - Google News — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:44:53 +0000

Skin transplants help patients with vitiligo
Los Angeles Times (blog)
Dr. Iltefat Hamzavi of Ford and his colleagues treated 32 patients, 18 male and 14 female, with the procedure, applying the preparation to an area about the ...

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Memo: Testing didn’t duplicate sticky gas pedal on man’s Prius – CNN

toyota - Google News — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:06:15 +0000

Reuters

Memo: Testing didn't duplicate sticky gas pedal on man's Prius
CNN
A Toyota Prius owner said the accelerator on his car became stuck last week, taking him on a high-speed ride. (CNN) -- Technicians who tested a Toyota Prius ...
Possible "Runaway" fraud in San Diego: Toyota not just a target of the Feds?San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
Toyota, US Can't Replicate Prius Acceleration (Correct)BusinessWeek
Memo takes air out of James Sikes' tale of out-of-control Toyota Prius with ...New York Daily News
Reuters -OfficialWire -The Detroit News
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Toyota’s Fate To Benefit GM’s Shareholders – OfficialWire

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Washington Post

Toyota's Fate To Benefit GM's Shareholders
OfficialWire
... with about 60% of General Motors, which was immediately followed by the US Congress conducting a series of Hearings that would have made former ...
Doubts about runaway Prius story?Kansas City Star (blog)

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LG Chem to build lithium ion cell factory in Holland, MI

Sam Abuelsamid — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:14:00 +0000

LG Chem has made it official. The South Korean manufacturer is moving forward with plans to start production of lithium ion cells in Michigan. LG Chem and its U.S. subsidiary, Compact Power Inc. (CPI), will spend $303 million to build the cell plant in Holland, on the west side of the state. By 2013, the facility figures to employ over 400 people. Groundbreaking will take place this summer, with the factory scheduled to be fully operational by 2012. At full production, the plant will have enough capacity to produce cells for 50,000 to 200,000 battery packs, depending on the configuration (E-REV vs PHEV).

LG Chem already has supply agreements in place with two major automakers, General Motors and Hyundai-Kia. Hyundai is using LG Chem cells and battery packs in the Korean-market Elantra hybrid, along with sister company Kia's Forte hybrid. Hyundai will launch the Sonata hybrid in the U.S. market later this year. General Motors uses LG Chem cells in a pack of its own design for the Chevrolet Volt. It'll also use the same cells in packs manufactured by CPI for an as-yet-unnamed plug-in hybrid vehicle based on the current two-mode system.

Along with the $700 million being invested by GM in assembly and systems manufacturing for the Volt in Michigan, this new LG Chem investment brings the total to over $1 billion. Much of the funding for the LG Chem plant will come from federal and state incentives, including a $151 million grant that CPI received last year as part of the stimulus bill. LG Chem will contribute matching funds to the program.

LG Chem joins A123 Systems and Johnson Controls-Saft (JCS) in manufacturing lithium ion batteries in Michigan. The JCS factory is also in Holland, while A123 is setting up shop closer to Detroit in Livonia. Check out the official press release after the jump.

[Source: LG Chem]

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