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0Featured: First Ride: 2012 Tesla Model S Beta 1317772680
Tesla had a big weekend. Some 1,500 Model S hand-raisers and their +1s descended on the company's recently acquired NUMMI plant in Fremont, CA to see where their $5,000 deposits have gone. The event, which served as both a product extravaganza and a subtle reassurance, sought to prove that the ...
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Report: Toyota spends $6 million to settle lawsuit from disabled NUMMI workers 1314017880
Toyota has finally tied up all the loose ends associated with closing the New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. plant – its joint facility with General Motors in Fremont, California. When NUMMI closed in March 2010, some workers who were on medical leave at the time of the shutdown sued, ...
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Toyota suing Old GM over shutdown of NUMMI plant? 1291235400
Toyota is still upset about how its joint NUMMI venture with General Motors was handled, and according to Automotive News, the Japanese automaker has now filed a lawsuit to the tune of $73 million. The suit is against Motors Liquidation Co., the company created to pick through the discarded ashes ...
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Report: Tesla to buy old resources from GM, Toyota for NUMMI plant 1282600800
Tesla Model S – Click above for high-res image galleryWhen 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 ... -
Report: Next Toyota Prius to be built in U.S... in six years 1280253660
2010 Toyota Prius – Click above for high-res image galleryIt wasn't so long ago that Toyota was making big waves over plans to build the hybrid Prius here in the U.S. The company had originally planned to start cranking out the battery-powered people mover at its Mississippi manufacturing ... -
New UAW president urges picketing Toyota dealers 1277046180
No, as a matter of fact, we didn't think Bob King's newly minted tenure as UAW president would begin like this. King was elected just last week, and he's already called for the membership's first major action: picket their neighborhood Toyota dealers. Why? To put pressure on Toyota to let its U.S. ...
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Report: NUMMI workers to get $19 million in aid 1276119000
When Toyota shuttered its NUMMI plant for good at the end of March, over 4,700 workers lost their jobs. The Japanese automaker softened the blow of those lost jobs by forking over $281 million in aid, or about $60,000 for every worker at the plant. Daily Markets now reports that the federal ...
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Full details on Tesla/NUMMI deal disclosed 1275404280
Tesla Model S – Click above for high-res image galleryTesla Motors announced last week that it was definitely going to build ist Model S at the former NUMMI factory in Fremont, California. Or it might not. This isn't the first announcement about where this car might be produced. That was ... -
Reuters: UAW pressuring Tesla/Toyota to hire union workers at former NUMMI plant 1274471880
Yesterday, Toyota and Tesla announced that the two companies would be collaborating on electric vehicle development. Tesla will be taking over the NUMMI factory in Fremont, California, which was recently closed. Now, the United Auto Workers is urging Toyota to hire union workers to operate the ...
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BREAKING: Toyota and Tesla to partner on EV production in California 1274401620
Tesla Model S – Click above for high-res imageCalifornia governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda held a joint press in Palo Alto, California to announce that the two companies would be collaborating on electric vehicle development and production, with ...

