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55 Maynard, op. cit. note 54; General Motors, “Imagine: A Daily Commute Without Using a Drop of Gas,” – см.: www.chevrolet.com/electriccar, просмотрено автором 8 августа 2008 г.

56 Matthew Dolan и Joan Murphy, “Nissan, Ford Plan Electric Push Aided by U.S.; Demand is Uncertain,” Wall Street Journal, 24 June 2009; Think, “Think announces U.S. Factory Plans,” press release (Snarøya, Norway: 12 March 2009); CalCars, “How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity”, – см.: www.calcars.org/carmakers.html , просмотрено автором 3 июня 2009.

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60 Matsumoto, op. cit. note 59.

61 Там же.

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63 “Ave Madrid”, The Economist , 5 February 2009.

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67 Huang Xin, “China Starts Work on Beijing-Shanghai Express Railway”, Xinhua , 18 April 2008.

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69National Interstate and Defense Highways Act (1956), Public Law 627, Chapter 462, 84th Congres, 2nd session (27 June 1956).

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