yeah, so we went to have sushi/tofu at this place near my house and Marc Brown from Ch 7 news was at the table next to us. :mrgreen:
SoCal News/Events/etc.
Started by Golgo_13 · 14 May 2004 · 630 replies
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krim wrote:yeah, so we went to have sushi/tofu at this place near my house and Marc Brown from Ch 7 news was at the table next to us. :mrgreen:
Was Michelle Tuzee with him? :hehe:
The Bowers Museum has a samurai exhibition going on until the middle of June. More info here:http://www.bowers.org/explore/exhibitions.jsp
Anybody ever been to this place? http://www.sugoilife.com/html/stores.html
gaijinmark wrote:Anybody ever been to this place? http://www.sugoilife.com/html/stores.html
Oooh, I should check out the one in Torrance... :victory:
It looks like it where the Nijiya Market is... :)
Report: Tesla Has a Factory For the Model S
By Chuck Squatriglia Email Author
November 24, 2009 |
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Tesla Motors is close to finalizing a deal to build the Model S sedan in an old NASA assembly plant in the Los Angeles suburb of Downey, the mayor said.
Tesla Motors has for months been searching for a factory in which to build the car. Downey Mayor Mario Guerra told the Long Beach Press-Telegram the city council will meet Tuesday or Wednesday with International Realty Group, the owners of the site, to broker a memorandum of understanding to facilitate a lease with Tesla. The deal includes 80 acres of land, some of which is owned by the city, and the city is putting together an incentives package to help lure the Silicon Valley automaker.
gWe are looking at what wefll be able to give to make the deal happen,h Guerra said.
Tesla spokeswoman Rachel Konrad said the company had no comment on the report.
Guerrafs announcement suggests Tesla is no longer considering a former Boeing factory in nearby Long Beach, but unnamed officials gclose to the negotiationsh told the Press-Telegram they have not heard Long Beach is out of the running. The weekly newspaper the District also is reporting that Tesla will choose Downey.
gWefre very close to being able to make an official announcement,h Guerra told the District. gIfm about to call a special meeting of the city council, and wefll likely have an official announcement next week. Cars ought to be rolling off the line in 2011.h
Tesla has long promised that the four-door, seven-passenger Model S sedan will be on the road by the end of 2011 with a price of $49,900 after the $7,500 federal tax credit on EVs. The Department of Energy is loaning Tesla $464 million to build the car.
Photo: Jim Merithew / Wired.com
By Chuck Squatriglia Email Author
November 24, 2009 |
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Tesla Motors is close to finalizing a deal to build the Model S sedan in an old NASA assembly plant in the Los Angeles suburb of Downey, the mayor said.
Tesla Motors has for months been searching for a factory in which to build the car. Downey Mayor Mario Guerra told the Long Beach Press-Telegram the city council will meet Tuesday or Wednesday with International Realty Group, the owners of the site, to broker a memorandum of understanding to facilitate a lease with Tesla. The deal includes 80 acres of land, some of which is owned by the city, and the city is putting together an incentives package to help lure the Silicon Valley automaker.
gWe are looking at what wefll be able to give to make the deal happen,h Guerra said.
Tesla spokeswoman Rachel Konrad said the company had no comment on the report.
Guerrafs announcement suggests Tesla is no longer considering a former Boeing factory in nearby Long Beach, but unnamed officials gclose to the negotiationsh told the Press-Telegram they have not heard Long Beach is out of the running. The weekly newspaper the District also is reporting that Tesla will choose Downey.
gWefre very close to being able to make an official announcement,h Guerra told the District. gIfm about to call a special meeting of the city council, and wefll likely have an official announcement next week. Cars ought to be rolling off the line in 2011.h
Tesla has long promised that the four-door, seven-passenger Model S sedan will be on the road by the end of 2011 with a price of $49,900 after the $7,500 federal tax credit on EVs. The Department of Energy is loaning Tesla $464 million to build the car.
Photo: Jim Merithew / Wired.com
^ $50K AFTER the tax credit... Yeah, I can see a run on these... NOT. :shakehead:
bmwracer wrote:^ $50K AFTER the tax credit... Yeah, I can see a run on these... NOT. :shakehead:
Haha...I am encouraged that a car maker would build down here though...help people out with some jobs.
The future viability of the company is another issue.
Tu_triky wrote:Haha...I am encouraged that a car maker would build down here though...help people out with some jobs.
That's true.
The future viability of the company is another issue.
Yeah, future employees might think twice about putting down payments on a home. :sweat:
bmwracer wrote:
Yeah, future employees might think twice about putting down payments on a home. :sweat:
True but I fear many people can't even afford to put down payments on homes, cuz they need jobs. :sweat:
Tu_triky wrote:True but I fear many people can't even afford to put down payments on homes, cuz they need jobs. :sweat:
Yup.
Downey, huh?
I think my uncle used to work there when it was a North American Rockwell (yet another defunct company, like Hughes and TRW) facility...
bmwracer wrote:
Yup.
Downey, huh?
Yeah Rockwell International used to be there...they used to build parts for the Columbia Space Shuttle. They took much of that land that used to belong to Rockwell and turned the area into film production studios (soundstages, etc.)
I think my uncle used to work there when it was a North American Rockwell (yet another defunct company, like Hughes and TRW) facility...
Yeah Hughes got bought by GM, then Raytheon, and then Boeing...Hughes did score with DirecTV though which became a highly profitable company in its own right.
Tu_triky wrote:Yeah Hughes got bought by GM
I was working there at the time... It was the death knell for Hughes. :bleh:
Ol' Howard must've been turning in his grave on that move. :shakehead:
then Raytheon, and then Boeing...Hughes did score with DirecTV though which became a highly profitable company in its own right.
And TRW to Northrup-Grumman...
Yeah, the entire landscape over in El Segundo's changed over the last two decades... :sweat:
bmwracer wrote:
And TRW to Northrup-Grumman...
Yeah, the entire landscape over in El Segundo's changed over the last two decades... :sweat:
Yup El Segundo used to be a thriving hub of the military-industrial complex, but no more... :shakehead:
bmwracer wrote:
So they're renaming UCI?? :beaten: :hehe:
rofl i had to laugh at that..
Mayor Says Tesla To Build Model S
DOWNEY, Calif. (AP) \
Tesla Motors is close to a deal to build an electric car factory at the site of a former NASA manufacturing plant in this blue-collar city south of Los Angeles, Mayor Mario Guerra said Tuesday.
Guerra said he has called an emergency City Council meeting to approve a memorandum of understanding with Industrial Realty Group, the private owners of the complex. If approved Wednesday, the memorandum could facilitate a lease agreement with the automaker.
"We're excited by the possibility of Tesla coming here," Guerra said. "We feel this could become the greenest manufacturing plant in North America."
The city is involved in the negotiations because it owns 20 acres of the 80-acre complex. Guerra declined to discuss terms of the deal before the council meeting.
Tesla spokesman Ricardo Reyes declined to comment. A call to an IRG official was not immediately returned.
San Carlos-based Tesla, which makes the $109,000 Roadster electric sports car, has been looking for a factory to build its next-generation Model S sedan.
The company in June was approved for $465 million in loans from the U.S. Department of Energy to help build the Model S, which could travel as far as 300 miles on a charge. The car is slated to go into production by late 2011 with a base price of $57,400, although a federal tax credit for battery-powered cars will bring the cost to less than $50,000.
Tesla said close to 2,000 people have paid a refundable $5,000 fee to reserve one of the vehicles.
Downey was known as an aerospace hub before the sprawling NASA complex, 20 miles southeast of Los Angeles, closed in 1999. The facility was primarily involved in aircraft manufacturing and missile design. During the space race, it played a key role in development of the Apollo program and later, the space shuttle fleet.
At its height there were some 30,000 aerospace engineers and scientists on the complex.
DOWNEY, Calif. (AP) \
Tesla Motors is close to a deal to build an electric car factory at the site of a former NASA manufacturing plant in this blue-collar city south of Los Angeles, Mayor Mario Guerra said Tuesday.
Guerra said he has called an emergency City Council meeting to approve a memorandum of understanding with Industrial Realty Group, the private owners of the complex. If approved Wednesday, the memorandum could facilitate a lease agreement with the automaker.
"We're excited by the possibility of Tesla coming here," Guerra said. "We feel this could become the greenest manufacturing plant in North America."
The city is involved in the negotiations because it owns 20 acres of the 80-acre complex. Guerra declined to discuss terms of the deal before the council meeting.
Tesla spokesman Ricardo Reyes declined to comment. A call to an IRG official was not immediately returned.
San Carlos-based Tesla, which makes the $109,000 Roadster electric sports car, has been looking for a factory to build its next-generation Model S sedan.
The company in June was approved for $465 million in loans from the U.S. Department of Energy to help build the Model S, which could travel as far as 300 miles on a charge. The car is slated to go into production by late 2011 with a base price of $57,400, although a federal tax credit for battery-powered cars will bring the cost to less than $50,000.
Tesla said close to 2,000 people have paid a refundable $5,000 fee to reserve one of the vehicles.
Downey was known as an aerospace hub before the sprawling NASA complex, 20 miles southeast of Los Angeles, closed in 1999. The facility was primarily involved in aircraft manufacturing and missile design. During the space race, it played a key role in development of the Apollo program and later, the space shuttle fleet.
At its height there were some 30,000 aerospace engineers and scientists on the complex.
^ Wow, 2000 people have already made reservations for a car that won't show up until 2011? :shocked:
bmwracer wrote:^ Wow, 2000 people have already made reservations for a car that won't show up until 2011? :shocked:
That's why I posted this updated article...I was intrigued by that number too
Tu_triky wrote:That's why I posted this updated article...I was intrigued by that number too
I'd rather take the $5K and plunk it down on a car I can get right now.
Guess I'm not forward-thinking enough. :sweat:
bmwracer wrote:
I'd rather take the $5K and plunk it down on a car I can get right now.
I feel ya...
Guess I'm not forward-thinking enough. :sweat:
No just not desparate to buy an electrical vehicle.
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