how will nissan's new car fare ina leaf. how will nissan's new car fare in a crowded market?d morning, asia. hello, world. welcome to another edition of asia business report. i'm sharanjit leyl. thank you forjoining us. india's prime minister, narendra modi, has gone to myanmar to boost trade ties. it is an important relationship for myanmar because india is the third largest destination for the exports of the country. but myanmar is coming under pressure to end the violence it is reportedly inflicting on the rohingya muslim minority. i askedif on the rohingya muslim minority. i asked if we can expect any deals from this visit. they are looking to increase access between the two countries in terms of ease of travel between the two nations which is important for trade and the risen. —— tourism. india is a destination for medical tourism from myanmar. india has been a key market for myanmar. it is no doubt on the agenda. is india likely at all to use china's dominance? we know china is well ahead in terms of investing into myanmar and potentially reaping the benefits. could the

it's the new nissan leaf. so, why are we here? why does this matter?s the biggest selling electric vehicle in the world, and because nissan, tesla and other big car companies believe that this or something like it really is the future, and that in ten to 15 years, most of us will be driving some sort of electric vehicle. we're nowjust going to check out some of the high—tech features of this new leaf, one of which is that it can park for you, parallel or bay parking. ok, so now, it's going to go forward. you can see i have no hands on the wheel. beeping it's very strange having a car drive for you. ok, there we are. and we're finished. it's certainly a better looking car than the previous model, which was rather bug eyed and a lot of people thought was an acquired taste. the main difference between this and the old generation is the size of its battery pack, down here under the floor. this one's got a 40 kwh pack, and that means it should be able to go, according to nissan, up to 400 kilometres, or 250 miles on one charge. we'll see how that goes down.

nissan is taking aim at tesla.first electric car got with self parking, a longer driving range and other features. david westin is standing by with a top nissan executive. david: we are joined by posing munoz, theose chairman in north america. good to have you. what is new about this car and why are you bringing it out now? jose: good morning and thank you for having me. yesterday in las vegas, we were having the reveal of the brand-new leaf. everyone knows nissan is the global leader as we watch the leaf seven years ago and we sold more than 280,000 leafs worldwide, being in the united states, the number one. is a next her offered to the customer because in theg you a new design exterior and interior, trying to attract a broader audience and more importantly, we are again showcase technology of the nissan at this moment, which we called nissan intelligence mobility. we have both the intelligence driving, power, and integration. the intelligence driving is highlighted by introduction of the new battery, which has a

. ♪ >>> nissan has some competition for tesla's model 3.beau is tracking that story in chicago >> we don't talk about the nissan leaf a whole lot, but it is the best selling electric vehicle in the entire world and with that in mind, nissan unveiled a new version of the leaf, they did this last night in las vegas here it is, the new nissan leaf, it's increased its range and now gets over 150 miles per full charge it's been redesigned for the first time since 2010. but one of the key selling poichtds here will be the price point. the fact that the nissan leaf will sell at list at the base under $30,000, that is below the model 3 as well as chevy bolt. and when we had a chance to talk this morning with the chairman of nissan north america, he believes that price point will help the leaf connect with more buyers >> within the market, we are a growing significantly despite the fact that we have the vehicle in the market for more than 6 years more than 20%. solt numb so the numbers speak by themselves >> we'll see what the leaf has to do in term

quite an impressive show nissan is unveiling this leaf.nd selling this into a market right thethat is like what in electric vehicle industry, describe the state of play right now. >> today we have 2 million on the road and they are one of the first major companies that really stood back in 2010. they certainly did well in terms of overall sales. to 2009 when this came up, the company was talking about having half a million on the roads by 2015. they certainly undershot even know they have taken the lead. on thes a lot more market. we saw the tesla model three come in a few weeks ago with a range that is almost triple the prior leaf version and the chevy volt has a good range in terms of 300 miles less. the -- what is nissan offering, is it going to try to beat the bolts and try to match the [inaudible] version of the model three. that is what everyone is wondering. how is the leaf going to perform it markets like china which has been the big leader in ev market. >> that is another major question. the two -- 2 million that i mentioned, whil

centre, wmg works at the intersection between scientific research and industry with the likes of nissanar land rover as close collaborators. here's a module we developed and it represents about a 70—80% improvement on the tesla battery module. that improvement has come about not through changes in the chemistry but changes in the way the module has been constructed. packing the cells tighter together while maintaining safety, improved cooling systems, etc. at the moment, cost and range of new evs and the number of charging points available to us is an issue. manufacturers like nissan even offer up a replacement diesel or petrol car for customers needing to drive longer distances as part of their promise scheme. as well as batteries, wmg is looking at how our charging behaviour can affect battery life too surprising results. it's made a smart algorithm that shows degradation of a car battery can be reduced by up to 10% over a year if energy is transferred back to the grid. synonymous with evs is tesla, owner of the world's biggest battery factory. due to hit peak production in 2020, the

carol: are you saying that the nissan leaf has cache?er] jim: that is going to be difficult to do for a japanese company. that is not how they are. they do it by adding technology to the car. this is the first car they are going to have sold over here that is going to be able to park itself. it is going to have some driverless technology added to it. it is going to have something that is unusual, a new feature that is going to allow acceleration and braking on a single pedal. carol: huh. >> that was popular on another nissan car in japan, the note. but a lot of things that work in japan with auto consumers sometimes do not connect in the u.s. oliver: continuing in the business section, activist investors are supposed to be short-term raiders. carol: legendary investor nelson is taking a soft approach. >> about a month or so, when the procter & gamble proxy fight was taking off, nelson's fund started to put up a section on its website were declared that it had a special interest in esg issues. environmental, social, government. oliver: th

despite its limited range, nissan's all—electric car became a global best seller.ow the japanese company has unveiled a major revamp, but will it be able to compete with tesla? the battle against organised crime. welcome to world business report. i'm sally bundock. also in the programme, we'll take a look at the recovery in the australian economy. it has not seen a recession since 1991. the wonderfrom down under! in the last few hours, nissan has released details of its revamped all electric car. the previous version was a global best—seller, but now the company is facing tough competition from tesla which has already started making deliveries of its highly—anticipated model 3. let's cross over to sharanjit leyl in singapore. nice to see you. tell us about the new leaf. it made a debut in tokyo. it is facing a lot of competition, not just from tesla it is facing a lot of competition, notjust from tesla at it is facing a lot of competition, not just from tesla at from it is facing a lot of competition, notjust from tesla at from car makers like volkswagen, bmw, and

that is really popular on another nissan cars sold in japan, the note. of things that work in japan with auto consumers sometimes don't connect with the u.s. oliver: activist investors are supposed to be hard-nosed raters with short-term -- raiders with short-term goals. arol: nelson petlz is taking softer approach. 's >> about a month ago when the procter & gamble proxy fight started to kick off, nelson --petlzuld try to find 's fund put it a special section where they declared that a special interest in the sg issues. -- esg issues. environmental, social and governmental issues. oliver: a little over 1% of procter & gamble. they are angling to get nelson petlz on the board. >> the timing is to quit cito -- too coincidental to states not part of the effort. i'm sure they would say this is like a long-term issue for them, something they look at when they are choosing a target. these are risks they need to manage when they going to an investment. it's a little different than the typical activist fund. they don't consider themselves confrontational. they l

oliver: nissan's best-selling electric car is losing ground to tesla.o, the company is about to turn a new leaf. carol: activist investors are not known for patience. nelson petlz is taking a surprising new tone. ♪ on ♪ carol: welcome back to "bloomberg businessweek." oliver: keeping kids is online at businessweek.com. carol: and our mobile app. 2010 its introduction in the nissan leaf has been the world's best-selling electric car. tesla, are giving they are giving their best-selling ev a makeover. jim: they are trying to come up with something that certainly will not be a tesla killer, but it can go one-on-one against the new low price tesla and the chevrolet volt, also a similar car. that is going to be tough for a couple of reasons. the biggest is, the leaf does not have the range of these newer cars. >> the old leaf. >> the old leaf really tops out, even with the extended battery at 107 miles. the regular one only has 80 something mile range. that goes up against about 220 for the new tesla model 3. and almost 240 for the chevy volt. that means a l

incident at parsons green touche station amid unconfirmed reports of an explosion on a train >>> renault-nissan targets annual sales of 14 million vehicles, by 2022 as the automaker lays out its bullish six-year strategy. and ceo carlos ghosn tells cnbc he is confident in the french government's plans to sell down its stake. >> they said they want to do it at the moment where the market is more favorable, which i understand, which i understand yes, i have no doubt on the fact that they will do it because they said so >>> good morning, it's friday. we have more bad news to deal with when it comes to another missile launch over japan coming from north korea and the unfortunate news coming out of the london underground before that, let's get to the stoxx 600. we are lower to the tune of 0.2%, despite the fact that european stocks are set for the best week since july investors by in large shrugging off the latest news out of north korea. for the week, we have done well. seems like we're finally recovering from this summer dip we have seen in large part because of the strength of the euro when we lo

nissan is about to unveil its redesigned or electric car injapan and it is revving up to be a highlying demand for green vehicles —— all electric. what are the details? —— given. nissan held its global launch in the past couple of minutes, they are live streaming the eventin minutes, they are live streaming the event in japan minutes, they are live streaming the event injapan and the redesigned car...i event injapan and the redesigned car... i haven't seen what it looks like yet but i expect it to be more sleek than the original leaf but it is expected to have the improved battery which is important because it will give this all electric vehicle a wider range meaning with one charge it can go for a longer distance. this is highly anticipated because there is a significant growing demand for electric cars and green vehicles but there aren't many affordable mass—market cars the average person can buy. the leaf is one of the world's top—selling electric cars, it's only about $30,000, the tesla model 3 starts at $35,000 and general motors, another big competitor, as their car at $37,500.

the base model of the new nissan leaf will now have a longer range.and will become a major part of nissan's portfolio. the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, says britain's economic model is broken, as the gap between the richest and poorest widens. he says that britain stands at a watershed and must make "fundamental choices" about the direction of the economy. barratt developments has reported strong growth in pre—tax profits, which rose byjust over 12% to £765m over the past 12 months. its chief executive said it was their highest completion volumes for nine years. let's have a look at the markets. you can see the conundrum of the markets. we are hearing strong profit growth, barratt developments, their share prices down by 4%. they also said they have continued uncertainty over brexit. the price is down. sports direct, the chairman, he has survived the vote. he is maintaining the position. up by almost 2%. i will be back with more business news in an hour. switzerland's smallest village is facing a battle to survive. like many alpine communit

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. >> if you were hoping for a nadal federer showdown at the thththththe nissan sports repor coming upnissan sports report coming up next on kpix5. >> big drama at flushing meadows tonight for the u.s. open tennis tournament, getting down to crunch time. first rafael nadal beat russian andre rublev. roger federer needed only to beat juan martin del potro. del potro came to play. look at the passing shot, he wins the first set 7-five. he took the -- 7-5. he took the 2nd set and won the 3rd. he has a powerful forehand winner. the green match-up will not happen. del potro faces nadal in the semifinals. coco vandeweghe dreaming about winning her first career open, never making it past the 2nd round of the open prior to this year. she knocked off the top seed karolina pliskova in straight sets to make it three americans in the final four. could we get a fourth? madison keys made it a clean sweep four for four. keys in the far court won the tournament at stanford last month. she beat kaia kanepi in straight sets. she will play a rematch of the finals at stanford. >>> giants at colorado, pabl

despite its limited range, nissan's all—electric car became a global best seller.ow the japanese company has unveiled a major revamp, but will it be able to compete with tesla? the battle against organised crime. we've got a special report from sicily where its claimed the italian mafia has assaulted landowners and pocketed eu funds. hello and welcome to bbc news. it is hard to imagine the force behind hurricane irma, as it sweeps its path in the atlantic. winds of nearly 300 kilometres an hour and gusts of up to 360 are threatening to leave a highly destructive trail through the islands of the caribbean, and on to puerto rico, haiti, cuba and ultimately florida in the us. irma has strengthened to a category 5 storm — the highest possible level. here's sarah corker. this is the view of hurricane irma from space. it's expected to be one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the atlantic basin. images released by nasa show it's heading towards several caribbean islands, bringing with it 185 mph winds and torrential rain. puerto rico will be one of the firs

coming upthis grey nissan has been sitting across the street with it''s park anyhere lights activatedble to walk across a busy intersection to confront him how long you going to sit here and block traffic did i mention was an uber? i'll explain in the next edition of people behaving badly i'm vern, the orange money retirement rabbit, from voya. i'm the money you save for retirement. who's he? he's green money, for spending today. makes it easy to tell you apart. that, and i am better looking. i heard that. (annie) let's check the storm tracker...norma. (anny hong): .dry and pleasant weather will continue across our region today. a low pressure trough developing to our north will bring locally breezy conditions to our area starting monday afternoon and continuing at times through thursday. precipitation is expected to remain to the north of our area, although there is a slight chance of showers across the extreme northern edge of our forecast area tuesday night or wednesday morning. temperatures will remain mild through the week, with warming expected next weekend. ( marty ) ( marty )

nissan sold 49,000 leaves -- leafs in 2016. >> the new lease on -- nissan leaf with the right technologytime. it is also -- it also happens to be electric. the new leaf is the future of nissan. the future that is simply amazing. juliette: one of l pottinger's against investors [inaudible] charm communications returned its 27% stake without compensation two weeks ago. it is attempting to whether a reputational crisis after being accused of running a potentially divisive social media campaign and south africa. that is your bloomberg business flash. anna: another powerful storm headed toward america and the debt ceiling approaching and the specter of north korea's nuclear ambitious looming large, many traders are not reeling back the risks. investors may -- moved into wants and safe haven currencies. we had seen that in asia. good morning. when you look at september it will be a busy month. how long as the dollar -- in the dollar do you want to be during september? >> we will have more dollar weakness to deal with and the reason it is happening as we are dealing with a lot of u.s. dollar li

wall street journal, nissan hopes drivers will turn to its new electric car...ling 1.5 million electricals at least by now, and they are selling about one third of that, so big hope for the new one, riding on the coat—tails, doing even better than tesla. they are jealous of tesla's success. it is a market car, it should do quite well. we will keep an eye on it, we will watch this space. thank you for your company today. we will both be here tomorrow. we will see you, goodbye. rather misty and murky started the day across many parts of the uk, rain, drizzle, coastalfog as well. through today, while most of us it will stay cloudy, with some outbreaks of rain, for some of us, brighter skies developing. those brighter skies developing. those brighter skies developing. those brighter skies primarily toward central and eastern parts of england into the afternoon, further north and west, likely to stay cloudy, drizzle continuing around the coast. in the north—west of scotland, and indeed the north—west of northern ireland, a bit brighter, coming through during this aft

they were last seen driving a newer dark colored nissan sentra with a spare tire on the driver side.s recently released statistics show that car break-ins in san francisco are up 25%.but city officials believe that number might be even higher because many of the break-ins are not reported to police.to address the problem, at least two city of san francisco supervisors are sponsoring legislation that would create localized police units, targeting the areas with high numbers of break-ins and bike thefts.the latest push is coming from supervisor hillary ronen, she says that her district has seen a 128% increase in this crime. an increase that locals have also seen in other areas.

coming upthis grey nissan has been sitting across the street with it''s park anyhere lights activateds able to walk across a busy intersection to confront him how long you going to sit here and block traffic did i mention was an uber? i'll explain in the next edition of people behaving badly (pam) its happens all too often ... you find yourself stuck in traffic only to discover.. things were being held up by someone in the lane with their hazard lights on ..(steve) it used to be a random problem, but lately it's become an even bigger problem, and more often than not the perpetrator is one of those ride hail drivers pay attention to this grey nissan on king street at forth in san francisco, the driver pulled up and turned on his park anywhere lights and there he sitsnats: ambiance for a moment the rolls backwards and again just sits . flashers still activated in an active lane of traffic sound of horn blowing as someone blows their horn the driver beings to inch forward, but still not really going anywhere, as this bus goes past another car is forced to go around this goes on for a few

and that's next in sports. 2-name jim kozimor bill romanowski >>> welcome to the nissan sports report. raiders hoping for big things in our nation's capital. it did not go in their favor. they play football in maryland on the east coast. first quarter, second play of the game. romo, carr throws it away. >> yes, he did. not a good throw. a big-time play by their safety. this is something derick carr has to get started fast early in football games. today he didn't get off to a good start. >> that led to this. washington makes most of the turnovers. third and five, and cousins finds thompson and the redskins go up 7-0 in the game. and it just started there. and carr trying to find roberts, and another interception. >> what i don't understand about this play, he's not open the whole time and he under threw the football, not a good throw. >> here's another interception and it leads to a score. a touchdown to vernon davis, the former 49er. it's 14-0, redskins. it continues. first drive of the third quarter, cousins is going to go deep. he connects with josh dachshund. that's just great athl

25-28 years old, 5 feet 6 with long, dark hair.rob fladeboe/campbell"....one further detail, that nissan sentra is thought to have a spare tire on the drivers side of the vehicle. in campbell rob fladeboe kron 4 news (steve) and a live look out at san francisco. the bay area weather is heating up again.(vicki) chief meteorologist brittney shipp is tracking what's ahead. a warm offshore flow will continue through at least wednesday with above average daytime temperatures, mild overnight conditions and breezy winds in the hills. conditions cool slightly near the coast on thursday before spreading inland friday as onshore flow returns. (steve) still ahead:if you drive into san francisco - pay attention.. you might be a target for thieves.. the crime that is soaring in the city. (vicki) and next: the call that led police to a million dollars worth of psychedelic mushrooms in one bay area neighborhood. hundreds of pounds of psychedelic mushrooms.that's what police found at a mushroom processing operation inside a berkeley home. it happened in a neighborhood where, as kron four's spencer blake

coming upthis grey nissan has been sitting across the street with it''s park anyhere lights activatedr so long, i was able to walk across a busy intersection to confront him how long you going to sit here and block traffic did i mention was an uber? i'll explain in the next edition of people behaving badly badly people behaving badly oh, you brought butch. yeah! (butch growls at man) he's looking at me right now, isn't he? yup. (butch barks at man) butch is like an old soul that just hates my guts. (laughs) (vo) you can never have too many faithful companions. introducing the all-new crosstrek. love is out there. find it in a subaru crosstrek. (jrs) have you ever found yourself stuck in traffic... and the reason is a driver has stopped in the lane with their hazard lights on ..? (justine) stanlety roberts shows us how ride hail drivers .. are involved. pay attention to this grey nissan on king street at forth in san francisco, the driver pulled up and turned on his park anywhere lights and there he sitsnats: ambiance for a moment the rolls backwards and again just sits . flashers stil

25-28 years old, 5 feet 6 with long, dark hair.rob fladeboe/campbell"....one further detail, that nissan sentra is thought to have a spare tire on the drivers side of the vehicle. in campbell rob fladeboe kron 4 news (steve) recently released statistics show that car break-ins in san francisco are up 25 percent.(vicki) city officials believe that number might be even higher because many of the break-ins are not reported to police. now at least two city of san francisco supervisors are sponsoring legislation to address the problem. the bill would create localized police units, targeting the areas with high numbers of break-ins and bike thefts. the latest push is coming from supervisor hillary ronen, she says that her district has seen a 128 percent increase in this crime. an increase that locals have also seen in other areas. (ru das/manager, auto glass now): "now even in areas like pacific heights, really nice areas, they are being broken into all the time, so it's not about the area anymore, it's about san francisco as a whole." the legislation will be heard in committee on october 4th

posible automÓvil en que viajaban los sospechosos, al que describe como un carro gris oscuro, mmodelo nissan usen los cajeros automÁticos se fijen en los alrededores para asegurarse que no haya nadie que los estÉ vigilando". >> mucho miedo. hay mucha inseguridad. flavio: esta mujer dice que su esposo es quien utiliza la tarjeta del banco y teme por su seguridad. aunque los casos ocurrieron en cuatro ciudades del sur de la bahÍa, la policía teme que estos ladrones cometan delitos en otras Áreas. cualquier persona que tenga informaciÓn sobre los dos sospechosos, puede reportarla directamente al departamento de la policÍa donde vive. ramÓn: gracias. mientras que arrestaron aa estas mujeres por trabajar de manera conjunta para cometer una serie de robos. las sospechosas atacaban a las vÍctimas para despojarlas de sus pertenencias. el departamento de seguridad pÚblica identificÓ a las tres y lo creas. un nuevo reporte de la agencia federal de investigaciÓn, indicÓ que cuatro ciudades del Área de la bahÍa superan el promedio nacional de delitos violentos. es decir que los crÍmenes de valencia en c

coming upthis grey nissan has been sitting across the street with it''s park anyhere lights activatedwas able to walk across a busy intersection to confront him how long you going to sit here and block traffic did i mention was an uber? i'll (pam) it happens all too often .... you find yourself stuck in traffic only to find out ..things were being held up by someone in the lane with their hazards lights on ... (grant) it used to be a random problem, but now, with more uber and lyft cars than more uber and lyft cars than pay attention to this grey nissan on king street at forth in san francisco, the driver pulled up and turned on his park anywhere lights and there he sitsnats: ambiance for a moment the rolls backwards and again just sits . flashers still activated in an active lane of traffic sound of horn blowing as someone blows their horn the driver beings to inch forward, but still not really going anywhere, as this bus goes past another car is forced to go around this goes on for a few minuites. as the driver again inches forward and other people are blowing their horns. nats: amb

after a struggle he ran off with the person and jumped into the nissan.pect described as hispanic 20-25 years old. six foot one inches tall with a heavy build. no description of the driver. call san jose police. >>> oakland police -- coming up crime reporter henry lee with a new film that goes behind the scenes at opd. >>> a permanent tribute to robert -- robin williams. the move to rename golden gate park after the comedian. >>> people gathered here -- to remember those who were injured and lost their lives 16 years ago today. ♪ because everyone likes easy. sure do. because everyone is on the go. because we all like to save energy, but sometimes we slip up. reaching up. ssssh! because sometimes we want it cool at night, then toasty in the mornings. introducing the easy to use, energy saving, adjustable from everywhere, easy on the wallet and the eyes, nest thermostat e. e is for everyone. >>> in the east bay to communities gathered to honor those who lost their lives on september 11 16 years ago. one had hundreds in attendance. the other a few dozens. pa

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