The statement from Ford, the Renault-Nissan alliance and Daimler stressed the geographic spread of the firms.
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Ghosn, in fact, explicitly says the Renault-Nissan alliance someday could be expanded to include a North American carmaker.
"This decision does not at all call into question the electric vehicle strategy of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, " the company said in a statement.
Carlos Ghosn, chief executive of the Renault-Nissan alliance, said he wants his companies to move just as quickly as any Silicon Valley start-up.
If Chrysler stages a miraculous recovery with its help, Mr Marchionne would have pulled off something similar to Carlos Ghosn's Renault-Nissan alliance at almost no cost other than diverted management time.
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We are writing to advise you that Tracinda Corporation has asked the Board of Directors of General Motors Corporation to form a committee to immediately and fully explore, together with management, participating in the Renault-Nissan partnership-alliance.
Despite falling short of its goals, however, the Nissan- Renault alliance increased sales in 2012 by 83 percent.
As we recently discussed with Mr. Ghosn, Tracinda believes that General Motors, Renault and Nissan should explore a three-company, partnership-based alliance.
Two years ago, Kerkorian tried to engineer an alliance between Nissan Motor and Renault, which already have cross-shareholdings and common management, and General Motors.
Sales of the company's high-profit trucks and sport utility vehicles have slid faster than Ford expected, and Ford's rival, General Motors (nyse: GM - news - people ), has entered into talks with Renault and Nissan Motor (nasdaq: NSANY - news - people ) to create an alliance to help all three companies compete in markets across the globe.
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