{"id":577929,"date":"2010-05-25T04:09:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-25T08:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864176.post-6577899190657851014"},"modified":"2010-05-25T04:11:55","modified_gmt":"2010-05-25T08:11:55","slug":"the-tesla-and-toyota-tie-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/577929","title":{"rendered":"The Tesla and Toyota Tie Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The CSM has an article on a deal between Toyota and Tesla Motors, &#8220;in which Tesla will buy a defunct Toyota plant in California, and Toyota will purchase $50 million of Tesla stock&#8221; &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/Science\/2010\/0521\/Will-Tesla-Toyota-deal-help-repair-Toyota-s-public-image\">Will Tesla-Toyota deal help repair Toyota&#8217;s public image?<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In a move that may provide a spark for the electric automobile industry, Toyota, the world&#8217;s largest automaker, is teaming up Tesla Motors Inc, the makers of the only highway-legal all-electric car in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The companies announced a deal yesterday in which Tesla will buy a defunct Toyota plant in California where it will produce the model S, an electric sedan slated for 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Toyota, meanwhile, will buy $50 million worth of Tesla stock, and the two companies announced Thursday that they will work together to develop new electric vehicle technologies and refine manufacturing methods.<\/p>\n<p>In this symbiotic business deal, Tesla will likely benefit from direct knowledge of Toyota&#8217;s economy of scale and links to a vast supplier base.<\/p>\n<p>Toyota, for its part, might get a boost in its competition with other carmakers over the growing environmentally friendly vehicle marketplace. Tesla&#8217;s advanced lithium-ion batteries, for example, might steer the way for Toyota as the Japanese automaker looks to replace the older nickel-metal hydride units found in its hybrid Prius.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-2189376323632485\";\n\/* 728x90, created 5\/18\/08 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3866831776\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 728;\ngoogle_ad_height = 90;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><img width='1' height='1' src='https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/9864176-6577899190657851014?l=peakenergy.blogspot.com' alt='' \/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/mWCsgUaD7qy3iO5mdXaTaqcC0II\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/mWCsgUaD7qy3iO5mdXaTaqcC0II\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/mWCsgUaD7qy3iO5mdXaTaqcC0II\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/mWCsgUaD7qy3iO5mdXaTaqcC0II\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CSM has an article on a deal between Toyota and Tesla Motors, &#8220;in which Tesla will buy a defunct Toyota plant in California, and Toyota will purchase $50 million of Tesla stock&#8221; &#8211; Will Tesla-Toyota deal help repair Toyota&#8217;s public image?. In a move that may provide a spark for the electric automobile industry, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":763,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-577929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/763"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=577929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577929\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}