From KTAU.com

PORTLAND, Ore. – Nissan is bringing their electric car prototype to Oregon, and it’s letting the governor and the CEO of PGE be some of the first to drive it.

The test vehicles, which have large letters “EV” for Electric Vehicle on the sides, are based on the Nissan Cube series of cars, which Nissan calls a “mobile device.”

Gov. Kulongoski got behind the wheel of a similar vehicle on his last trip to Japan, where he encouraged the car maker to build a plant for the electric cars in Oregon.

Nissan says it wants to bring the electric cars to the U.S. by 2010.

PGE continues to build charging stations for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles around Portland and Salem.

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