<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="ArialMT, sans-serif">In the Merky News:</font></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none">
<font color="#000000"><font face="ArialMT, sans-serif"><font size="3">"In
a stunning deal, Tesla Motors announced late Thursday that it is
teaming up with Toyota to build its all-electric Model S sedan at the
recently shuttered NUMMI plant in Fremont, creating more than 1,000
new jobs.</font></font></font></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none">
<font color="#000000"><font face="ArialMT, sans-serif"><font size="3">"The
pact, put together in utter secrecy, immediately injects new life
into an auto plant once left for dead, is a jolt of positive news for
beleaguered Toyota and elevates Silicon Valley's role at the heart of
the emerging electric car industry.</font></font></font></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none">
<font color="#000000"><font face="ArialMT, sans-serif"><font size="3">"Under
the agreement, Toyota, the world's largest automaker, will invest $50
million in Tesla, which will buy the NUMMI plant for an undisclosed
sum."</font></font></font></p><div><end clip></div><div><br></div><div>Here come the electric cars w/o foot-dragging Detroit—this will be the biggest mistake SUVville ever made. California will be lost to them as soon as Tesla creates its midsize and small compact cars for us all. </div><div><br></div><div>A longtime ZEV and EAA believer,</div><div>Andrea</div>
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