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Archive Home > 2008 > August > 13 > With one eye on hybrids, automakers keep focus on better fuel efficiency

With one eye on hybrids, automakers keep focus on better fuel efficiency

By Jewel Gopwani and Brent Snavely / The Bulletin
August 13, 2008

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — As the world’s automakers race to improve fuel economy and build new hybrid vehicles, there are many hurdles to clear and a few stumbling blocks in the way.

The industry has more or less agreed that lithium ion-powered hybrid electric vehicles will be....

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