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The plug ins that g.m. is offering to them, and one of the dealers, why don't you want that car? >>guest: well, neil, the way i look at it it is a matter of supply and demand. i sold ten volts last year and offered eight in the last two months so i took two of those, so, two in stock for me right new is just about fine. >>neil: what buys them, by the way? >>guest: that has been an interesting thing. we have people that are technology savvy and we will have people that are very pollution savvy as far as our valley goes and people that really just look at the economical side of it and fear the g...

Billion on the plug ins. but the government is. the supporters are. what do you make of this? >>guest: amazing. amid new fire concerns over the energy company saying not to use the home charging station after suspicious home fires originating in garage so they are investigating the charging station, the battery technology and the problem is they are subjected to rollovers if they are not discharged, the battery becomes unstable and equivalent to having a full tank of gas a far as a fire hazard. they have a very serious problem on their hand and if it were not politically correct you would have...

Bluff. the faa fires a third traffic air controller in seattle, washington, the controller fell asleep on the job twice. the electric chevrolet volt and nissan leaf both earned top scores in crash tests by the insurance highway of safety. one reason, the batteries of both plug-ins are very heavy, giving these small cars the weight of a much larger mid-size sedan. china, forecast to overtake the u.s. as the largest economy much sooner than they thought. according to the international monetary fund, that is just five years away where the u.s. will be number two. you are caught up on the da...

Which is the gold standard for crash test ratings, has awarded the chevy volt and the nissan leap its top honor. this is the first time mainstream plug-ins have been tested, and that could prove to be a boom for the electric car market. phil lebeau joins me from dearborn, michigan. you're outside of ford. they have their largest first quarter profits since '98, and a lot of their sales are these smaller, fuel-efficient cars. but could the electric car catch on the way hybrids have? >> reporter: it's possible, chris. keep in mind, the production of electric cars. and ford has the focus electric...

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