The heads of Tesla Motors Inc. and Toyota Motor Corp. surprised the auto world May 20 by announcing a partnership to develop and build electric vehicles at a recently shuttered auto plant in the San Francisco Bay area.
Toyota President Akio Toyoda said his company will invest 4.5 billion yen in Tesla when the company begins selling stock to the public, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk said his company will purchase the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc., known as NUMMI, in Fremont, Calif., where the Model S electric sedan will be built.
"We're going to create electric cars together," Musk told a news conference at Tesla's office in Palo Alto, Calif. "It's a great honor to work with a company like Toyota, one of the automobile leaders of the world and one I've personally long admired." (AP)
Shukan ST: June 4, 2010(C) All rights reserved
要約:
トヨタ自動車は5月20日、米自動車会社のテスラモーターズと、資本・業務提携することで基本合意したと発表した。
単語、熟語:
EV （=electric vehicle） tie-up
電気自動車での提携
NUMMI （=New United Motor Manufacturing Inc.）
元トヨタと米 GM の合併工場
shuttered
閉鎖された
auto plant
自動車工場
stock
株式
electric sedan
電気自動車のセダン
（have）long admired
長い間素晴らしいと思っていた
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