A HIGH-LEVEL Japanese group that includes a former prime minister has drawn up plans for Tesla to invest in Nissan after the collapse of its merger talks with Honda, the Financial Times (FT) said on ...

The Honda-Nissan on-again, off-again, on-again merger is the international automotive saga that keeps on giving. Now there's another twist.

Talks with Honda apparently fell through in part because Honda felt like they were getting a raw deal from Nissan President Makoto Uchida, who didn't want Nissan to become a subsidiary of Honda.