Though Bala is an engineer with a specialty in electric motors, neither he nor Hemalatha had tried to build or sell an electric vehicle.

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An Indian engineer who builds the next-generation electric car.

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As Ford's investment in electrified vehicles such as Fusion Hybrid increased, so did the size of the Sustainable Mobility Technologies team behind it, said Chuck Gray, Ford chief engineer, Global Core Engineering Hybrid and Electric Vehicles.

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"When you engineer a technology-filled, all-electric mini car that goes from zero-to-60 mph in less than eight seconds, customers won't miss the gas, " said Mark Reuss, president, General Motors North America.

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Albert is a development mechanical engineer working on what his company hopes will be Croatia's first electric car.

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He became chief engineer for the Prius, the world's first mass-produced petrol-electric hybrid car, in 1996.

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