Two related articles that may be of interest to Open Tech Space:
One about a groundbreaking agreement between Oregon and Nissan/Renault to develop all electric cars and infrastructure for them.
http://gas2.org/2008/11/20/nissan-and-oregon-team-up-to-bring-electric-c…
The other is about Nissan and electric cars, and how they are making their technology open.
http://gas2.org/2008/11/23/nissan-stealthily-on-track-for-electric-car-w…
Very cool! Hopefully, Open Tech Space can play a role in the growth of electric cars in Oregon. TechShop will (eventually) have facilities for working on cars — we should encourage people to build their own electric cars.