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First General Motors said it would add 1,000 workers purely to work on electric cars. Now it's BMW's turn. In a strong indicator of its commitment to developing hybrid and pure electric vehicles, BMW says it will hire an additional 2,600 employees over the next two years to work in these particular fields. The move is part of the automaker’s desire to meet stricter fuel economy and emissions regulations, both here in the U.S. and in Europe, by accelerating the development of green models with radically more efficient powertrains. The latest hiring strategy is to enable BMW, as well as...