Featured Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn Arrested

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  1. hill

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    Renault and Nissan chief executive is arrested after 'hiding millions in pay' | Daily Mail Online

    The man who pushed the leaf, version 1 ostensibly getting a hundred miles although it only got 70... getting his Just Desserts. Excuse me while I go cry him a river.
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    My husband's friend knew Rita Ghosn, who lived locally in Simpsonville, SC. He said that she was really nice, although he never met Carlos.
     
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    he received a lot of accolades over the years. nissan electrification is better than nothing, and he was a big proponent.
    i hope the next ceo doesn't kill it.
     
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    One of the most well paid (by reported salary) CEO in Japan. I guess, wasn't enough. :(
     
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    should have taken the ford job. pays much better
     
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    Obama offered the GM chairmanship to him, after GM went into bankruptcy and was bailed out by the Obama Administration.
     
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    he and klutz would have got on famously
     
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    I’ve seen video of Lutz chatting friendlily with Elon Musk. Maybe or maybe not “famously.”
     
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    Put another way, immoral character / fraud / dishonesty / hasn't hurt VW very much, so it's unlikely Nissan will be damaged any more than VW. Welcome to the new world, where lies are truth until you can prove otherwise.
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    He'll be getting a permanent Leaf of absence.
     
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    Perhaps they'll finally get a liquid cooled battery ... NAAAAA.

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    Supposedly the upcoming 60KWh (200ish-mile) version coming up fiiiiinally has a liquid cooling system.
     
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    i'm not worried about nissan/renault/mitsubishi, although there is potential for concern, since we are entering another down car market.

    i'm more concerned that a new eco will not be as interested in electrification.
    while china may bring demand, their ev plans could be temporarily thwarted for a few years as well.
    and not all companies are paying attention to the coming ev tsunami. ghosen, for all of his warts, was a believer, i think.
     
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    I’m thinking that the bigger ... threat? ... in that regard is Chinese-domestic producers taking virtually all, as opposed to merely “much,” of that business.
     
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    yes - it's just such a horrible stain on the entire Nissan family.... not too dissimilar from the "Cousin Eddie" image of the Vacation movie.

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    There's a black sheep in most everyone's family, group, or business. Now we know who it is/was with Nissan.
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    A new movie, "Who Stole the Electric Car's Money?".
     
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    “Who beat up the electric car and stole its lunch money?”!
     
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    I've always felt that Ghosen was trying to make Nissan the leader of the EV market the way Toyota leads the hybrid market.

    Posted via the PriusChat mobile app.
     
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