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Are the auto companies so beholden to oil influences that they don't have a free hand?

JEKing — 9/23/2008 11:24:02 PM (archived)

Fund holdings of GM shares (two-year-old data) seems to be of central importance in death of EV1

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New Electric Cars from Chrysler. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/23/2008 10:04:23 PM
- There's a world of difference between... - Nick Hoffman - 9/24/2008 12:16:41 AM
  - Get Ralph Nader to sign off on relieving any electric car producers of product liability lawsuits... - TAFKASE - 9/24/2008 3:54:58 AM
    - Why? Do they explode? (n/t) - alcaray - 9/24/2008 7:40:21 AM
  - 28 years. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/24/2008 2:39:55 AM
    - I can't hold it for 500 miles. Can you? - TAFKASE - 9/24/2008 4:00:53 AM
      - APU or Electric Outboard Motor for cars - Nick Hoffman - 9/24/2008 5:27:34 AM
      - Going the distance. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/24/2008 5:03:19 AM
    - Don't forget the secret carburator that runs on water. - TB - 9/24/2008 3:16:11 AM
      - Apples & oranges. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/24/2008 3:55:48 AM
      - For a while I thought it was just me. - ER - 9/24/2008 3:36:19 AM
- Are the auto companies so beholden to oil influences that they don't have a free hand? - JEKing - 9/23/2008 11:24:02 PM
- re: New Electric Cars from Chrysler. - Eric - 9/23/2008 11:04:30 PM

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