TOKYO: Nissan Motor Co plans to develop and start selling subcompact electric cars powered by self-developed lithium-ion batteries in about three years, the Nihon Keizai (Nikkei) business daily reported yesterday.

UNPROTECTED TEXT: Youth apathy could just be an illusion 
I’m not an activist. I’ve never been involved in a protest, never made a picket sign or chanted “Hell no, we won’t go!” I’ve never been tear-gassed or arrested. I’ve never chained myself to a stationary object. Neither have most of my friends. On the surface, it appears that I might proudly wave the flag of apathy in my free time, if I cared enough to do so.

GM Adds Gasoline-Electric Vehicles to Battle Toyota (Update5) 
Nov. 29 (Bloomberg) — General Motors Corp. will introduce new hybrid gasoline-electric autos next year to take sales from Toyota Motor Corp., the leader in the fuel-saving technology.

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Let Charge Cards Take The Day Off 
Challenging consumers to a self-imposed, 24-hour moratorium on spending today is akin to asking carnivores to swear off turkey on Thanksgiving.