found 10 days ago by Autoblog Staff on
Autoblog
When Tesla struck a deal a few months ago with Toyota to buy the closed NUMMI factory in Fremont, CA, it was made clear that the $42 million price tag only included the building and property. At the time, Tesla officials indicated that most of the...
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found 24 days ago by Matt Hardigree on
Jalopnik
A strong yen has Toyota scrambling for U.S. small car production. NUMMI? Oh... crap. [Just-Auto]...
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Not long ago, we explored the possibility of Audi taking out Tesla with its forthcoming brace of e-Tron electric sportscars. What we didn’t realize fully at the time, is how directly VW is going after Tesla. At a recent visit to Volkswagen’s...
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Recently, Nissan claimed that their Leaf will have a battery production cost of $375/kWh. A what? Anyway, this was: Surprising as battery costs for an electric cars were forecast to be between $400 – $700/kWh. Meaningless, as long as...
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We do know that Nissan made quite a buzz on the market with its new LEAF EV, the so-called ‘first affordable electric vehicle ’. Also, the Japanese manufacturer announced that it had broken the $400/kWh mark, while other manufacturers were...
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The Nissan Leaf, as seen by Elon Musk. In a sure sign that things are heating up in the electric car battle for consumers hearts and minds, Elon Musk has called the batteries used by Nissan in the Leaf ‘primitive’ and not even up to the...
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