While
most other auto makers have moved on to more sophisticated overhead - cam architectures, with the exception of Chrysler's Hemi V - 8, Damico says the OHV design offers some key advantages, such as the ability to integrate fuel - saving cylinder deactivation with little extra cost.
The intense legal headache that Toyota is going through right now will hopefully
encourage other auto makers to be extra cautious in the future when developing comparable products.
But due to listing requirements of the major exchanges, there are a number of blue chip firms on the «pink sheets» such as Repsol (PINK: REPYY), the Spanish oil giant; Samsung (PINK: SSNLF) from Korea, the world's largest high tech company; Switzerland's Nestlé (PINK: NSRGY), the world's largest food and beverage entity; and Volkswagen, (PINK: VLKAY), which sells more cars than
any other auto maker around the globe from its headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany.
While Ford and
the other auto makers have a bad few years, some companies want to have a cash dividend.
It can also benefit from the R&D; muscle of Panasonic to help make its EVs better; Panasonic will probably also sell its batteries to
other auto makers, but if the relationship with Tesla becomes close enough, it might get some exclusivity or at least be first in line when new products come out.