(Automotive News) In other pickup-related news, electric and plug-in hybrid cars may help automakers sell pickups, where the real money is, according to a report from Bloomberg Businessweek.
A wheelchair was coded as electric if a news report referenced an electric wheelchair, an accompanying photo made clear that the pedestrian was using an electric wheelchair, or if the FARS record noted that the pedestrian was using a motorised wheelchair.
A daily round-up of economic news:General Electric's first quarter profit declined by 12 percent--the first such drop in 5 years--surprising analysts.
Despite a barrage of ambitious prototypes, like the metal-and-glass-enclosed Lit Motors C-1, promoted in YouTube test-ride videos and breathless news releases, electric motorcycles seem to be around the corner but out of reach.
These 12 neurons, which were receiving news of electric shocks and generating dopamine, converge on another group of neurons called Kenyon cells to which they seem to be passing on news of the shock, via dopamine.
The news that electric car company Fisker Automotive could potentially be acquired by Chinese automaker Dongfeng Motor for about $425 million reminded me of an article that's been eating at me for some time.
Rather, the company's marketing strategy will rely on publicity (a high-performance electric car is definitely news), events and fairs (test drives are critical for a performance-based strategy), and viral marketing (environmentalists, and hopefully car buffs, will love it).
"The fact that the Pope starts using a 100percentt electric car is great news for the world," Wermuth Chief Investment Officer Jochen Wermuth told La Repubblica.
