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NUMMI plant reopens as a Tesla factory
The former NUMMI auto plant -- a joint venture between General Motors and Toyota that closed in April -- comes back to life today as a Tesla Motors facility. Tesla will use the Fremont, Calif., factory to manufacture its Model S sedan (shown above). Deliveries of the all-electric car will begin in 2012. After Toyota invested in Tesla in May, the start-up bought NUMMI for $42 million. The company currently has 800 employees worldwide and head count is expected to surpass 1,000 by the end of this year.
--The Associated Press
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Kids' deaths drop on highways in 2009
The government last week announced a drop in the number of children killed on U.S. highways. The Transportation Department said 1,314 children ages 14 and under were killed in 2009, about 3 percent fewer than the 1,350 child deaths in 2008. Because automobile crashes remain the leading cause of death for kids ages 3 to 14, the government recommends car seats for children up to 40 pounds and booster seats for children over 40 pounds or until they are 8 years old.
--The Associated Press
2 Comments
By JR on October 3, 2010 4:08 PM
Headline should read: "Fewer Children Killed on US Highways."
By jackie cox on October 11, 2010 8:16 PM
The actual photo of teslas automotive factory, a garage, all necessary to build the showroom models, for the unsuspecting loser buyers. Less than a car a day for the last 3 years, with a break even point of 33 cars per day, left tesla with a humongous ongoing monthly loss, sucking up all the money musk can raise, aside from whatever he sits aside in a country without extradition agreements with the USA, while flying constantly around the world, exposing himself to the last few remaining people willing to toss their cash away.
Imagine barry and czars, investing in musks getaway. the time is drawing near.