As electric cars step from lab to showroom, customers must choose - Seattle Times (Fifield)

As electric cars step from lab to showroom, customers must choose - Seattle Times
LOS ANGELES — Stalled for nearly a century, electric cars are about to move into the fast lane when the first of a new generation of vehicles reaches dealer showrooms next month. Every major automaker plans some sort of electric or plug-in hybrid
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Petty completes restructuring of race team, says RPM will field only 2 cars in 2011 - Minneapolis Star Tribune
CONCORD, N.C. - Richard Petty finished financially restructuring his race team and will field two fewer cars in 2011. The seven-time NASCAR champion said Monday that Richard Petty Motorsports will go from four cars to two next year. RPM will field Fords
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Oprah Winfrey gives cars to 275 guests - Boston Herald
Oprah Winfrey is in the giving spirit. Yesterday, during Part 2 of her legendary “Oprah’s Favorite Things” show, she gave the entire audience brand-new redesigned 2012 Volkswagen Beetles . Sadly, the 275 lucky new car owners weren’t able to inspect
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Instead of company cars, rentals by the hour - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Businesses are increasingly adopting car sharing as a cost-saving alternative for employee travel. Workers can step outside their company's front door and into a car they can drive to a business meeting or sales call, and - during breaks or lunch hour
Source: www.stltoday.com

Utilities hot, cold on electric cars - The State
NEW YORK — The first mass-market electric cars go on sale next month, and the nation’s electric utilities couldn’t be more thrilled, or worried. Plugged into a socket, an electric car can draw as much power as a small house. The surge in demand could
Source: www.thestate.com