The car companies are at it again. Please call Nissan
at 800-647-7261 and urge the company to sell Pasadena
the electric Hyperminis that the city has been
leasing. See below.


--- Paul Scott <paul@...> wrote:

> Subject: Pasadena-1, Nissan-0 in War for
> the Hyperminis
>
> Last night, I was invited to speak before the mayor
> and city council of Pasadena on the issue of their
> desire to keep 11 Nissan Hyperminis from being
> confiscated by Nissan. Our organization, Plug In
> America, having successfully stopped Ford and Toyota
> from continuing to destroy their Ranger and RAV4
> EVs, was thought to be of value to Pasadena in their
> efforts to keep Nissan from doing the same with
> their Hypermini city EVs.
>
> During the council meeting, I let them know that,
> should Pasadena decide to fight Nissan, we would be
> there to help. We left it that PIA would present a
> plan of action to Pasadena as soon as possible.
>
> Then, before we could act on that plan, I received a
> call early this afternoon from Bill Provence, one of
> PIA's active members who lives in Pasadena, saying
> that there was a transport truck at the gate ready
> to pick up the cars and haul them to the crusher. He
> said he would head over there and try to hold them
> off till we could marshal our forces. Within a
> minute of his call, I received a call from a city of
> Pasadena employee who said they would do what they
> could to delay the cars from getting taken.
>
> I scrambled to get my things and get on the road to
> Pasadena. Luckily, I had time to googlemap the
> address, but in my haste, I forgot my camera. No
> worries there as it turned out, since the Pasadena
> Star News and KNBC were already arriving at the city
> yards as I was leaving Santa Monica.
>
> It took a good 40 minutes for me to traverse LA to
> the hot side of town, but I made good use of the
> time by calling various PIA members to let them know
> what was going on. Pretty much everyone was too far
> away and in the middle of something and couldn't get
> away (it IS a work day after all). Marc Geller was
> at his office in San Francisco, however, and put out
> a blast to the EV lists that this EVent was
> happening on the chance anyone could help out. He
> also placed a call to the Ed Shultz show on Air
> America. That proved to be a good call.
>
> I arrived at the Pasadena City Yards at about 1:50
> just in time to see two transports pulling out -
> EMPTY! That was a very good sign. I drove through
> the gate and found the nest of Hyperminis hidden
> behind a building and protected by a large van and,
> appropriately, one of Pasadena's RAV4 EVs both of
> which were parked to block access to the Hyperminis.
> Apparently, the city employees told the truck
> drivers some story about how the drivers of those
> vehicles were on a long lunch or something, and the
> truck drivers left empty handed:~)
>
> I introduced myself to the three Pasadena employees
> and thanked them profusely for their unprecedented
> efforts to save these cars. We are PIA have been
> trying to find a lessee of the Nissan Altras or
> Hyperminis willing to go to bat and save the
> vehicles, and Pasadena is the first to step up to
> the plate.
>
> KNBC News taped interviews with all involved, and
> the Pasadena Star News will be writing a forth
> installment as they broke the story last week and
> have been following it since. In addition, Steve
> Paynie, the DP on "Who Killed the Electric Car?"
> arrived to get shots that may be used in the DVD of
> WKTEC.
>
> While I was there, the Ed Shultz show called and did
> a live interview at about 2:30. Following on the
> really terrific 2nd interview yesterday with Chris
> Paine,
>
http://audio.wegoted.com/podcasting/80706PaineChris.mp3,
> they were already primed for the story and only too
> happy to report it live.
>
> As the subject of this email attests, this is only
> the first battle against Nissan. PIA will mount a
> campaign to help save these cars, but we could use
> some help. While it's only 11 city EVs that are in
> contention here, it's the principle that drives us
> to take action. We have to stop these giant
> corporations from succeeding in their contemptible
> acts of wanton waste and anti-consumer perfidy.
>
> This information will be on the PIA website soon,
> but for now, please call 800-647-7261 and let Nissan
> know that you disapprove of their action to try and
> kill this technology. Tell them to let Pasadena keep
> the cars and use them as long as they are running.
>
> And tell Nissan that you "will not buy a new car
> from them until they sell one with a plug on it".
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Paul Scott
> Plug In America
> 310-399-5997
> paul@...
> www.pluginamerica.com
> ******************************
>
> http://www.nissanusa.com
>
> Nissan Consumer Affairs
> P.O. Box 685003
> Franklin TN 37068-5003
> (800) NISSAN-1 (or 800-647-7261)
> 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Eastern / Central Time /
> Pacific Time
> Monday through Friday>

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