"This seems like
a good deal for both parties, especially Toyota, from being able to avoid the political fallout from shutting NUMMI down to being able to offer a new electric vehicle with just a low initial
investment cost," says Edmunds.com CEO Jeremy Anwyl.
Toyota is the world's biggest seller of hybrid autos, and Tesla is the only company selling U.S. highway-legal, battery-powered cars. President Barack Obama has set a goal of getting 1 million plug-in hybrids and electric cars on U.S. roads by 2015.
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