Chinese taste for American mobility may fuel the electric car industry
> SOUTHERN INDIANA — INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana’s auto-parts industry, wobbly from a bruising recession, may find salvation in an unlikely suitor: Chinese consumers clamoring for a taste of capitalism and U.S.-style mobility.

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The American Electric Vehicle Company in Ferndale, Michigan, will soon begin selling the all-electric car called the Kurrent for 00 (with a 00 federal tax rebate). The car costs about 1-cent per mile to drive, compared to 14- to 16-cents per mile for an SUV. SpartanEdge.com Editor Alex Scott and cameraman Phil Moon take the test vehicle out of a spin on the Michigan State University campus.