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To: Earned who wrote (3007)	3/25/1998 9:10:00 AM
From: mikeb	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 6464

As you know, Big corporations operate on a principle(not new to anyone)called "negotiate from a position of strength". There is nothing to be gained by Ford by "getting actively involved" and certainly something potentially to be lost. What I don't understand is why, if the technology is so incredible, one of these companies just doesn't go ahead and buy BAT via hostile takeover...that would certainly be a way to make certain that they don't have to compete with the technology(which would be the correct move for the long haul again assuming the technology IS as good as we think). If they owned it, they could also milk it for all it's worth by "controlling distribution".

To: Earned who wrote (3007)	3/25/1998 2:41:00 PM
From: Jeff Alden	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6464

While the big car corporations know that they will have to move towards energy efficiency sometime in the next however many years there is currently minimal legislative or customer pressure to do this now. Especially with oil prices still being relatively low even with the production cutbacks that are going to happen. For that reason the big three have no incentive to do anything more than eyeball some of these new technologies and innovations. At least BAAT is getting some attention and that has to be good for the future.