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A couple of quirky foreign vignettes on transportation were filed from Baghdad and Shenzhen. The Chinese story came from ABC's Stephanie Sy (embargoed link) at the BYD auto plant, where a plug-in electric hybrid has just been put on the market. The F3DM gets 20 miles more on its overnight charge than Chevrolet's Volt and costs half as much at $22,000. General Motors started off making internal combustion cars; BYD began making batteries for cell phones. The Iraqi story was filed by Elizabeth Palmer for CBS. She took a ride on Baghdad's sole commuter railroad, a 40c fare for an hour's ride. Passengers would be "afraid if they could see this," Palmer reflected from the engineer's cabin. "With all the barriers stolen or smashed, every road crossing is a game of chicken."
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