NEW YORK (Reuters) - Japan's Nissan Motor Co Ltd won New York City's 10-year contract to build The Next Generation of taxis for the City, a deal Estimated To Be Worth More Than $ 1 trillion, the New York Daily News Reported on Tuesday, Citing unnamed sources.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the city's Taxi and Limousine Commission due to announce Were Later on Tuesday the winner.
The Other Two finalists pour la concession manufacturer Karsan Otomotiv Were Turkish and U.S. automaker Ford Motor Co.
The "Taxi of Tomorrow" would replace The 16 models now autorisée.The 10-year contract to begin IS Expected in 2013.
Nissan's based on ITS BID WAS NY200 minivan, the Daily News Reported cash advance loan.
Karsan's bid HAD Gained record Because Of icts design for a transparent roof for Better Sight-seeing and crawled That Would make it wheelchair accessible off the factory floor.
Karsan aussi hoped to gain Favor with City Officials Promising to assemble by The Cars in Brooklyn, vowing to use union labor. The plant Marked Would Have a return of self-making to the City for first time in about a century.
(Reporting by Daniel Trotta, editing by Gerald E. McCormick and Maureen Bavdek)
