Re: [EVDL] Carlos Ghosn jumps bail

2019-12-31 Thread Cor van de Water via EV 
I've also heard the exact opposite reasoning, that because he is now no
longer silenced/required to be politically correct, he can tell the whole
story as it transpired. I bet he will get a lot of requests for a scoop.
Cor.

On Tue, Dec 31, 2019, 2:37 PM EVDL Administrator via EV 
wrote:

> I don't know what it might mean for the future of EVs in Japan or the EU,
> but Carlos Ghosn has slipped out of Japan despite being under heavily
> guarded house arrest.
>
> The story reads like something from a B-movie.  It was supposedly planned
> by
> his Lebanese wife.  He hid in a musical instrument case (maybe a double
> bass
> case?) after a private concert in his house in Japan.  He flew out of a
> small local Japanese airport, and arrived in Istanbul via private plane.
> From there he flew to Lebanon, entering with a French passport, even
> though
> all 3 of his passports had been confiscated in Japan.
>
> He's now in Beirut and has released a statement in which he said that he
> will "no longer be held hostage by a rigged Japanese justice system where
> guilt is presumed."  Lebanon has no extradition treaty with Japan, so he's
> probably safe there.
>
> Somehow I doubt that he'll be pushing EVs again any time soon, but I guess
> one never knows.
>
> Ghosn was being held in Japan on charges of financial misconduct,
> including
> under-reporting his income and shifting his own personal financial losses
> to
> Nissan.  Some have suggested that he was "railroaded" because Nissan
> executives expected him to try to merge Renault, Nissan, and Mitsubishi.
>
> Now we'll probably never know what really happened.
>
> As far as the whole affair's effect on EVs, my guess is that Ghosn's
> proposed integration of the Nissan Leaf and Renault Zoe on a common
> platfrom
> may not transpire after all, or at least will be delayed.  In fact the
> updated 2020 Zoe is still a separate vehicle.  That's just a guess, though.
>
> David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
> EVDL Administrator
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Re: [EVDL] Carlos Ghosn jumps bail

2019-12-31 Thread Willie via EV 




On 12/31/19 4:37 PM, EVDL Administrator via EV wrote:


As far as the whole affair's effect on EVs, my guess is that Ghosn's
proposed integration of the Nissan Leaf and Renault Zoe on a common platfrom
may not transpire after all, or at least will be delayed.  In fact the
updated 2020 Zoe is still a separate vehicle.  That's just a guess, though.


I wonder if internal Nissan conflict was responsible for the abysmal 
customer support for the Leaf?  That is, were Ghosn really in charge, 
might Nissan have done a better job making the Leaf a success?  As far 
as I'm concerned, it is a black eye from which Nissan will never 
recover.  Much like GM.


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[EVDL] Carlos Ghosn jumps bail

2019-12-31 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV 
I don't know what it might mean for the future of EVs in Japan or the EU, 
but Carlos Ghosn has slipped out of Japan despite being under heavily 
guarded house arrest.  

The story reads like something from a B-movie.  It was supposedly planned by 
his Lebanese wife.  He hid in a musical instrument case (maybe a double bass 
case?) after a private concert in his house in Japan.  He flew out of a 
small local Japanese airport, and arrived in Istanbul via private plane.  
>From there he flew to Lebanon, entering with a French passport, even though 
all 3 of his passports had been confiscated in Japan.

He's now in Beirut and has released a statement in which he said that he 
will "no longer be held hostage by a rigged Japanese justice system where 
guilt is presumed."  Lebanon has no extradition treaty with Japan, so he's 
probably safe there.  

Somehow I doubt that he'll be pushing EVs again any time soon, but I guess 
one never knows.

Ghosn was being held in Japan on charges of financial misconduct, including 
under-reporting his income and shifting his own personal financial losses to 
Nissan.  Some have suggested that he was "railroaded" because Nissan 
executives expected him to try to merge Renault, Nissan, and Mitsubishi.

Now we'll probably never know what really happened.  

As far as the whole affair's effect on EVs, my guess is that Ghosn's 
proposed integration of the Nissan Leaf and Renault Zoe on a common platfrom 
may not transpire after all, or at least will be delayed.  In fact the 
updated 2020 Zoe is still a separate vehicle.  That's just a guess, though.

David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
EVDL Administrator

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