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Tesla Motors and the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers

filed a petition with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration seeking permission to replace side mirrors with cameras.

Cameras are smaller than side mirror assemblies, so they could help aerodynamics and fuel economy. They also can be placed just about anywhere on the vehicle, whereas mirrors have to be installed in the driver's line of sight.

Joining Tesla's "Gigafactory" battery project would raise investment risks, Panasonic President Kazuhiro Tsuga

The plant may require as much as $5 billion to build and employ about 6,500 people by 2020,

Tesla relies on Panasonic for the battery materials

French billionaire Vincent Bollore is setting up the largest U.S. car-sharing program for electric vehicles

The program, beginning within eight months, will use as many as 500 of Bollore’s Bluecars and 1,000 charging stations

The U.S. arrival of the Bollore Group, which makes its own lithium metal polymer batteries for its electric cars, is the latest development in an emerging segment led by Tesla Motors, maker of the premium Model S sedan, and the Nissan Leaf electric hatchback. Bollore is counting on U.S. drivers who want access to a low-pollution alternative to gasoline-burning cars. They can be rented for as little as $10 an hour.