Japanese Confirm Leaf Sales Have Hit a Plateau- New York City Taxi Cab Owners Suing NISSAN and Bloomberg for Questionable Taxi Contract. Mainstream Media Keeps UP the Mirage.. It's Time Ghosn Paid for ALL the Action He's Gotten from America. Do NOT Let the 1.4 Billion DOE Loan Be Written off or Restructured. Make NISSAN Motors Pay Nissan North America's Bills..... It's ONLY Fair.

I predicted ONLY 200 jobs would be created with the 1.4 Billion taxpayer dollars. Also blogged that longterm only 60-70 would be created.  I was RIGHT. Also I was told the Leaf jobs are "multi tasters" so YES - the reality is 60-70 jobs.   The 1000 jobs channel 5 is blabbing about a more "faux" jobs.  

They will never be created with the American "bad bet".... It's time NISSAN paid back the DOE loan.

Nissan opens $1B (Taxpayer Funded) Smyrna battery plant

Bizjournals.com - ‎7 hours ago‎

Nissan North America Inc. has officially opened its Smyrna battery plant, fueling production of its all-electric Leaf and setting the stage for as many as 1,000 additional manufacturing jobs largely in Tennessee. The Franklin-based division of the global auto ...

"The market for hybrids is expanding in Japan and elsewhere, although demand for purely electric vehicles, where Nissan is strong, has reached a plateau...."SATOSHI KUBO

"According to the complaint, the Nissan NV200 is untested in city stop-and-go traffic, uses “outdated engineering, design and technology,” doesn’t employ hybrid or electric power, wouldn’t be able to withstand years of cab usage and would require replacement parts manufactured outside the U.S..." Bloomberg