toyota and tesla to join forces on NUMMI...
toyota and tesla to join forces on NUMMI...
05-20-2010, 10:36 PM
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So glad to see them keep this in the bay area!
Now there's just the problem of selling $50K all electric sedans to the public. Oh, and it's not clear on what's going to happen with the unused portion of the factory as I doubt Tesla can even use half of NUMI's capacity.
Edit: It looks like Toyota might do a joint build with Tesla for a new car to compete with the Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf (~$30K price range) with the remaining factory floor.
Now there's just the problem of selling $50K all electric sedans to the public. Oh, and it's not clear on what's going to happen with the unused portion of the factory as I doubt Tesla can even use half of NUMI's capacity.
Edit: It looks like Toyota might do a joint build with Tesla for a new car to compete with the Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf (~$30K price range) with the remaining factory floor.
Last edited by Superglue WRX; 05-20-2010 at 10:40 PM.
05-20-2010, 11:06 PM
#11
I couldn't say anything about it, but I asked Arnie about this last month when he came to our plant. But yeah, no way the politicians were gonna let that factory totally die during an election year.
As far as unionized workers....don't count on it.
As far as unionized workers....don't count on it.
