Photo: #The Ford Fusion concept car, soon to be a production model, is on display at the New York International Automobile Show, April 5, 2007.
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The Ford Fusion concept car, soon to be a production model, is on display at the New York International Automobile Show, April 5, 2007. (Photo by STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

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Oil and the new machine

Broadcast: Midmorning, 11/19/2007, 10:06 a.m.

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Some experts say the auto industry must adapt to energy shortages to survive. A new book examines what transportation could look like in the future for Detroit's Big Three and the global auto industry.

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  • Vijay Vaitheeswaran: Co-author with Iain Carson, of "Zoom: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future." He is also former correspondent for The Economist, and an MIT-trained engineer.

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