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"A Northwest Ohio start-up company is nearly ready to create 2,000 green auto industry jobs!" [1]

They've received 312,000 orders ... right. For comparison the tesla model S has received over 1,000 orders [2]. An order of magnitude difference. Why haven't we already heard of these guys?

1. hp2g.com/articles.html; 2. www.autobloggreen.com/2009/05/12/tesla-reports-over-1-000-model-s-orders/

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Because everyone here is focused on Silicon Valley, and Tesla hangs around there.

For perspective, the new Prius model has a sales target of 100,000 cars in 2009.

Somehow I doubt that some small company with a new engine technology has outsold threefold Toyota's massively efficient and effective sales, marketing, and dealership network across the US, and gone completely unnoticed by mainstream media.

The car business involves a lot more than just the design of the engine or the car.

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