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...Tesla started operations there in 2009 after acquiring it from NUMMI, a GM-Toyota joint venture....
...Dubbed “NUMMI” — New United Motor Manufacturing Inc — the joint venture achieved defect rates and quality ratings unheard of at GM’s other plants....
...He became one of the first engineers to join Nummi, a joint venture car plant run by Toyota and General Motors, known for bringing Japanese-style efficient working practices to US production lines....
...W.V Harris of Columbia University is probably best known for having made and substantiated the argument. And in my opinion, it’s certainly a very compelling one....
...Toyota claims GM breached its contract when it pulled out of the joint venture, known as New United Motor Manufacturing Inc, or Nummi. Additional reporting by Michiyo Nakamoto...
...As part of the deal with Toyota, Tesla will take over the Japanese group’s New United Motor Manufacturing plant (Nummi) in Freemont, California....
...The joint venture, known as New United Motor Manufacturing (Nummi), gave Toyota its first assembly facilities in North America and provided GM with an insight into the Japanese carmaker’s vaunted production...
...The Japanese company is also looking to pull out of Nummi, its manufacturing joint venture with General Motors in California, where it produced 359,000 vehicles last year....
...More senior jobs have included vice-president of Nummi, Toyota’s California manufacturing joint venture with General Motors, and head of Toyota’s increasingly important China business....
...Aged 52, Mr Toyoda, a 24-year veteran of Toyota whose career has included a stint at its Nummi joint venture plant with General Motors in California, is young by the standards of the company’s other leaders...
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