Better Place wants to change the way people drive, and it wants to take on the big boys like GM and Nissan.

Better Place公司想改变人们的驾驶方式，并且想和像通用和尼桑等大公司一较高下。

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Earlier this year Mr Ghosn brought Daimler, a German maker of trucks and luxury cars, into a three-way alliance with Renault and Nissan.

今年初，戈洛斯将德国的卡车、豪华轿车制造商——戴姆勒与雷诺、尼桑一起组成三体联盟。

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That goes a long way to explaining why the 175-inch long Leaf lists for $32,780, while the conventional, 176-inch long 2011 Nissan Versa starts at $9,990.

这就很好解释为什么175英尺长的Leaf售价为32,780美元，而176英尺长的2011款日产Versa起售价仅为9,900美元。

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Nissan said the way in which it handled these issues had helped it overcome the setbacks quickly.

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One option may be a sturdier casing around the battery similar to the way Nissan's Leaf is built, according to people familiar with the situation.

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Nevertheless, Nissan is vulnerable in another way if demand for electric vehicles softens, because Nissan is building a dedicated factory in Tennessee to produce a much higher volume of the Nissan Leaf, starting in 2012.

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