1.  The big automobile companies, for example, are moving to work very closely with fewer suppliers.

2.  And in any event, Kadannikov did little to implement reforms at Avtovaz, the troubled state-owned automobile company.

3.  Another difference between computers and cars is that while automobile companies publish detailed manuals, computer companies do not.

4.  At the same time, a few automobile insurance companies are weighing whether to use GPS devices attached to a car to monitor driving habits.

5.  At the very least the industry wanted the program to be an agreement between the state and the automobile companies, rather than a regulation.

6.  Automobile companies could be a windfall for irresponsibility.

7.  Automobile companies and many environmentalists alike see this as the future of electric cars, at least until battery technology or other ways of charging the cars are improved.

8.  Automobile companies such as General Motors and Toyota, involved with electric vehicles, are interested in getting cleanly generated electricity, he said.

9.  Automobile companies and car clubs still rent the track for testing and training.