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(AP) - Toyota Sienna minivans sit on a lot in Centennial, Colo., on Jan. 28, 2007. Consumer Reports' latest auto reliability and survey rankings find overall domination by Japanese automakers, strides from the Detroit Three and stumbles from Europe. The findings, released Wednesday and featured in the magazine's April issue, are based on more than 250 tested vehicles and data collected from 1.3 million subscribers' vehicles. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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Last week Tesla Motors announced the selection of a site in west Albuquerque where we will build a 150,000 square foot assembly facility for our planned four door sports sedan, code-named WhiteStar. Response to the news has been tremendous, and we’ve received numerous requests for more information about the decision. Ron Lloyd, who headed up [...]
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(AFP/File) - A worker at Japanese auto giant Toyota Motor's plant in Miyata, Fukuoka prefecture, assembling a Lexus passenger car, in 2006. Japan's industrial output in January fell 1.5 percent from the previous month, official figures showed Wednesday.(AFP/File/Ken Shimizu)

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(AP) - Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe walks to his office after answering questions about Toyota Motor Corp.'s decision to locate a plant in Mississippi instead of Arkansas, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007, at the state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

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(AP) - Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe answers questions about Toyota Motor Corp.'s decision to locate a plant in Mississippi rather than Arkansas, during a state Capitol news conference, in Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

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(AP) - Elected officials join Toyota Motor Corp. officials in celebrating as Gov. Haley Barbour, left, announces a $1.3 billion assembly plant will be built in northeast Mississippi to manufacture its Highlander sport utility vehicle. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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(Reuters) - The 2008 Toyota Highlander and Highlander Hybrid debuts during the Chicago Auto Show, February 7, 2007. Diversified manufacturer Illinois Tool Works Inc. expects sales to non-U.S. automakers in North America to grow about 20 percent this year, its chief executive said on Tuesday. (John Gress/Reuters)

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(AFP/File) - A sign showing the corporate logo for the Toyota Motor Corporation. Japanese auto giant Toyota announced plans Tuesday to build its eighth North American factory in the southern state of Mississippi a 1.3-billion-dollar facility to build sport utility vehicles.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)

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(AFP/Getty Images/File) - New Toyota trucks are parked on the lot at Freeman Toyota in Santa Rosa, California. Toyota said Tuesday it would open a 1.3 billion-dollar assembly plant in Mississippi, highlighting the rising fortunes of the Japanese auto giant in contrast to those of struggling US carmakers.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)

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(AFP/File) - A sign showing the corporate logo for the Toyota Motor Corporation. Fast-growing Toyota plans to build its eighth North American factory at a cost of some 830 million dollars as it steps up US production to meet strong demand in the key market, reports said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)

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