Governor 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.

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Nissan will unveil a prototype of its new electric car in Portland Monday. As Kristian Foden-Vencil reports, the carmaker plans to introduce the new model in Oregon next year and then market it worldwide in 2012.

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