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Unlike General Motors’ Chevrolet Volt, which is developed all in-house, Ford is getting ready to sell an electric-car that is developed almost entirely by an outside supplier. Canadian auto parts supplier, Magna International, will develop Ford’s electric-offering mostly on its own. For example, the Ford BEV Concept seen at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show earlier [...]

Magna Steyr, an automobile manufacturer based in Oberwaltersdorf, Austria, will be rolling into the 2009 Geneva Motor Show with a new electric-car concept that it says is built on a “flexible platform.” Known as the Mila EV, the concept is not intended for production, but Magna is hoping to attract customers that may be interested [...]