That Finnish manufacturer was supposed to begin production in 2009, but to date has only shipped 40 cars into the U.S. Those cars were delivered to a handful of millionaires and billionaires like Leonardo DeCaprio and Ray Lane who received tax credits because they bought an electric car.

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To date, Hughes has shipped more than 2.8 million systems to customers in over 100 countries, representing over 50 percent market share.

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HomePlug devices account for more than 80 percent of the world's broadband powerline communications market and over 45 million devices have shipped to date.

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About 50 million of those TVs have been shipped to date.

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The car is then scheduled for assembly, based on the earliest date that parts can be shipped.

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"To date, we have manufactured and shipped 80, 000 of these devices, and we'll manufacture and ship another 40, 000 this year, " he said.

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And the unit was selling: in April, tech blogs had rumors that three hundred thousand Kindle 2s had shipped since the release date of February 24th.

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To date, 600M earbuds have been shipped with Apple products, and the EarPods will be shipped with the new iPhone5, iPod Nano and iPod Touch as well as available for purchase immediately.

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