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How Nissan and Honda's $60 billion merger talks collapsed. (neuters.de)
submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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  • Nissan's pride and denial hindered merger talks, sources say
  • Honda pushed Nissan for deeper cuts to jobs, factory capacity, sources say
  • Nissan unwilling to consider factory closures, sources say
  • Honda's proposal to make Nissan a subsidiary caused tensions, sources say
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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They weren't dependable is the problem. There were a lot of problems with early deterioration of the battery, supposedly from not having very good temperature control on the battery pack.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Sure, and battery deterioration is largely only a problem if you don't have much range to begin with. They put larger batteries in after a year or two, which largely solved the problem for the intended use case: around town car.

But that's also why I mentioned reliability and price should be the focus. They're not going to be leading R&D on better battery range, so they might as well focus on a niche.