Nissan Wins $1B Pact To Provide NYC Taxis Beginning In Late 2013

Wall Street Journal ^ | May 3 2011 | Wall Street Journal

[NoLibZone]

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday that Japanese automobile company Nissan Motor Co. (NSANY, 7201.TO) had won a 10-year, $1 billion contract to provide thousands of taxis to the city beginning in about two years.

[WOBBLY BOB]

let me guess...the Leaf?

[NoLibZone]

Liberals side step Union industry and GM.

They never walk the talk.

[ilovesarah2012]

How did Obama let this happen? I would have thought GM would get it.

[Enchante]

first question should be WHY the city is even in the taxi business?????

[hinckley buzzard]

Really. Where are the Volts?

[MasterGunner01]

The new Nissan taxis will be powered by the bloviating coming from Bloomberg’s office in City Hall. Sounds like Bloomie has invented the perpetual motion machine.

[rawhide]

Ohhh, Government Motors is going to be pissed big time! and obamma, the CEO!

[phalynx]

“Hello, you’re in a Johny Cab!”

[thackney]

http://www.taxioftomorrow.com/

[Abathar]

I hate to see a foreign company get $1b of our tax dollars, but I hate to think it would go to the UAW for political kickbacks also.

Ford would have been my first choice I guess, but it really would have been a slap to the administrations face if that happened.

Forget all of this, why the hell is NYC buying taxi cabs in the first place???

[thackney]

[corkoman]

Turkey, Turkey, Mexico

Why cant they make those here? Perhaps in South Carolina?

[NativeNewYorker]

The City/taxpayers don’t buy the cabs. They *regulate* the industry, and can specify which vehicles are allowed to act as taxis.

[DTogo]

Why cant they make those here? Perhaps in South Carolina?

Making things is hard work...

[thackney]

Who is the other side of the $1 billion dollar contract?

[Abathar]

I didn’t think they did the actual buying with their money, they just act as the purchasing agent then.

I don’t agree with that either. They should at least put a list out with choices, not a specific manufacturer.

[Martin Tell]

Nissan does make a good number of cars in the USA, just not this one, apparently.

And it's not really accurate to call them a Japanese company; Renault owns a major share.

Nissan has a huge presence here in TN. I can see their North American headquarters from my office.

[Neidermeyer]

Just a guess but I'd say one of their diesel passenger vans would be the most logical choice. They're the taxi of choice in most countries ,, here's a loaded one ..

[Rebelbase]

Well done!