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How Obama set the course of the industry

Obama's goal of putting 1 million plug-in vehicles on the road by 2015 (backed by billions of dollars in federal loan-guarantee programs for electric-vehicle projects and startups) has come up short by half. (GM)
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By:
Ryan Beene
November 06, 2016 05:00 AM

WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama may be remembered as the first auto industry executive to serve as president of the United States.

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