Gordon's Notes (Free subscription) | yesterday
Another voice saying we need to fund a failing industry because GM is too big to fail ... Toyota to cut bonuses 10% | Business | guardian.co.uk ... Earlier this week Carlos Ghosn, who brought Nissan back from the brink of bankruptcy when he became chief executive officer almost a decade ago, warned that car-makers faced massive job losses and urged governments in the US, Japan and Europe...
Hybrid Car Blog (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
In the keynote address at the 2008 LA Auto Show, Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Nissan and Renault, reiterated his company’s…
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
... That is a question car makers will have to answer. Speaking at the Los Angeles Motor Show, the Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault-Nissan, said: "We are reinventing mobility," and pointed out that by 2020, sales of electric clean-drive vehicles would increase to 7 million units annually from the current level of a mere 50,000. Once derided as a cumbersome technology for backyard freaks,...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
... is expected to focus on the French car and housing sectors. Speaking in Tokyo, Renault head Carlos Ghosn warned that there would be "massive job losses" in any country that did not come to the rescue of its automobile industry.
Web Wonderings (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
Nissan Electric Cars: Nissan To Sell Pure Electric Cars In Oregon : "Nissan will begin selling electric cars in Oregon state as early as 2010, according to a statement by Nissan-Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn at the LA Auto Show. There's been a lot buzz surrounding Nissan electric cars, especially with the debut of the Nissan Denki Cube concept at the New York Auto Show earlier this year. Oregon's...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
About 7 million vehicles, 10% of the world's total annual vehicle sales, will be powered entirely by electricity by 2020, predicted Nissan Motor CEO Carlos Ghosn in a speech at the Los Angeles Auto Show last week. They may show up sooner and in greater numbers in some countries than others, he said. The governments of nations including Israel, Denmark and Portugal look like they want...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
... to American automakers.Speaking to journalists at the start of the media preview of the L.A. show, Carlos Ghosn, chief executive of Nissan and Renault, offered little hope that stockpiled vehicles would be sailing out of showrooms soon."October was the worst month for U.S. auto sales in 25 years," Ghosn reminded his audience."Nothing is moving. The decline is not confined to...
