Send an e-mail to nissan-oppama-planttour@mail.nissan.co.jp. Give them the date and they'll arrange an English translator. That's great to hear that they'll have a translator/tour in English. When I visited one of the Oppama plants in late 2003, Nissan was no longer doing English tours but I lucked...

I'll be there. Anyone else going? Perhaps those who are attending should reply to this thread. The upper left of http://greendriveexpo.com/bay-area-expo" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; has a link to get FREE admission. For anyone who might care, http://priuschat.com/forums/t...

When you buy the Leaf, you already have the charger. The L1 and L2 charger is built into the car. An EVSE or L1/L2 charging station isn't a "charger".

Some more local coverage of the story:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 1KU8G2.DTL" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2011/08/31/fremont-based-solyndra-shuts-down-operations-1100-laid-off/?utm_source=home&utm_medium=dl&utm_campaign=fremont-based-solyndra-shuts-down-operations-1100-laid-off" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; FREMONT (CBS SF) – A leading ...

Thanks Ray, I've had miserable luck with the search function on the forum. I usually get nothing or stuff that's not what I'm looking for. Maybe I don't understand the logic that the search page is looking for. :? Perhaps you are using the wrong search box. Did you see this message: Annoyed with th...

FWIW, TMG put up some pics at http://www.flickr.com/photos/toyotamotorsport" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.

IBELEAF wrote:I admit I was driving too slow first few weeks in the right lane. As I got comfortable with the car and overcame my range anxiety I started to enjoy left lane flying as I did with ICE car. Although not everyone happy about this...

Out of curiosity, why'd you remove the video?

This has come up on Priuschat before. See http://priuschat.com/forums/gen-iii-201 ... ion-4.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2011/08/chademo-disconnects-tepco-man-as-president-plugs-nissan/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; The presidency of CHAdeMO was in the hands of Tsunehisa Katsumata, a former TEPCO President who is still chairman of TEPCO and who holds the dubi...