ODMs, as its rivals do, to plug any gaps in its product line.
For example, the venerable Toyota Prius line of hybrid and plug-in hybrid cars continues to handily beat all comparable comers across the U.S., with combined sales among its four model variations registering 236, 659 units last year, representing a 73.4 percent increase.
To buy text for the SoftBook, you plug the unit into the nearest phone line, and it then dials into the proprietary SoftBook download server.
In 2004 Scotts pulled the plug on Nature's Care, a small line of organic products it tested, because of lackluster consumer response.
Levitre will help plug a big hole on the Titans' offensive line after five-time All-Pro left guard Steve Hutchinson announced his retirement earlier Tuesday.
No need to idle an entire production line as General Motors recently did when expected sales of its plug-in electric hybrid Chevrolet Volt failed to materialize.
Certainly, GM has expectations that the new Cruze diesel will prove an immediate sales and financial success rather than only vaguely help the company down the line, as Whitacre anticipates in regard to Volt and its plug-in-hybrid technology.
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Meanwhile, Nissan is moving its Leaf to a main, integrated production line, Toyota sold 12, 750 units of it plug-in Prius in the first full year, and BMW is apparently moving a fantastic product (while investing in a carbon-fiber factory in Washington State).
C-MAX Energi is Ford's first production plug-in hybrid vehicle and part of the company's first dedicated line of hybrids.
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The bus line would like to draw in more people by offering such amenities as laptop plug-ins and wireless Internet connections--all of which take money it doesn't have.
So, all you need is a phone line and a battery, I mean, a power outlet and the grandparents plug it in and everyday they can look forward to new photos that have been sent to it via pretty much e-mail and you can even send it from your camera phone, too.
These include the increasingly popular 3.5mm pass-through jack (so friends can plug in and share your music), a collapsible design, a detachable part-coiled cable and in-line remote.
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