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AZEqualizer
09-07-2008, 12:43 PM
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President Makoto Yoda (http://search.bloomberg.com/search?q=Makoto+Yoda&site=wnews&client=wnews&proxystylesheet=wnews&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&filter=p&getfields=wnnis&sort=date:D:S:d1) of GS Yuasa Corp. said. ``Our eyes are firmly on the domestic market, but we think demand in Europe and the U.S. will climb going forward,'' Yoda said in an interview with Bloomberg Television (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aRWS2qHHpzJA&refer=asia) in Tokyo broadcast today. ``We have to choose our next factory's location based on growth in the given market.''

{Note:Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=7211%3AJT), Mitsubishi Corp. (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=8058%3AJP) and GS Yuasa, which set up a lithium-ion battery venture in December 2007, said in August they bought a factory in Japan to make the devices. All batteries from the factory, scheduled to start operating early next fiscal year, will be used in Mitsubishi Motors' i MiEV electric minicars to be introduced in 2009.}

(http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN0518895920080905?sp=true)
NEW YORK (Reuters) (http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN0518895920080905?sp=true)- Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T: Quote (http://www.reuters.com/stocks/quote?symbol=7203.T), Profile (http://www.reuters.com/stocks/companyProfile?symbol=7203.T), Research (http://www.reuters.com/stocks/researchReports?symbol=7203.T), Stock Buzz (http://reuters.socialpicks.com/stock/r/7203)) (TM.N: Quote (http://www.reuters.com/stocks/quote?symbol=TM.N), Profile (http://www.reuters.com/stocks/companyProfile?symbol=TM.N), Research (http://www.reuters.com/stocks/researchReports?symbol=TM.N), Stock Buzz (http://reuters.socialpicks.com/stock/r/TM)) will build batteries for its hybrids in North America eventually, as part of a plan to drive down the production costs of fuel-efficient models like its top-selling Prius.

ziggy951
09-07-2008, 01:52 PM
I know where I'll be dumpster diving in the near future. Free, non perfect Lion car batteries anyone?


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