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NUMMI Plant to get New Life from Aurica Motors, Build Electr

Motor Trend -- Although it's scheduled to close at the end of the month, the NUMMI assembly plant -- previously home to a joint venture between Toyota and General Motors -- may be revived by Aurica Motors, a start-up firm looking for a production base to build electric vehicles.

"We want to keep the plant open, and we believe we have a very viable plan to do so by manufacturing electric cars," Aurica's general manager Matt Pitagora told Automotive News. "It's all about keeping the lights on.

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Submitted Mar 11, 2010 By: gnolutak

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cpl11787 All-Star Author Minnesota Posts:630 Points:123,275 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 5:38:03 PM Ignore cpl11787 Report Abuse somebody better have plenty of money.
DanMtz Veteran Author Oakland Posts:428 Points:309,595 Joined:Oct 2009	Message Posted: Mar 11, 2010 8:38:26 PM Ignore DanMtz Report Abuse So, Aurica's going to fill the void in the $40-50K price range? Exactly who is going to buy all of these expensive EVs, anyway?
djgunrunner Champion Author Salt Lake City Posts:4,824 Points:1,385,640 Joined:Apr 2005	Message Posted: Mar 11, 2010 4:09:16 PM Ignore djgunrunner Report Abuse The American three take so long to do something that any company doing anything will be ahead of them.
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:32,142 Points:1,298,310 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Mar 11, 2010 4:07:14 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse GreenLine07 wrote: >Perhaps some of the current workers, soon to by laid off, >will be hired by the new company. I've read comments that some of the current NUMMI workers have been offered transfers to Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas. If you can survive the warm winters and the torrid summers, Texas is a low-cost area to live.
GreenLine07 Rookie Author Oakland Posts:30 Points:145,500 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Mar 11, 2010 2:21:49 PM Ignore GreenLine07 Report Abuse Perhaps some of the current workers, soon to by laid off, will be hired by the new company.
SpaceAce5 Veteran Author South Dakota Posts:300 Points:66,245 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Mar 11, 2010 1:21:32 PM Ignore SpaceAce5 Report Abuse at least the building wont sit vacant