A step forward....NEC battery pack production begins in Sagamihara, Japan:
http://www.slashgear.com/nec-begins-nissan-leaf-ev-battery-mass-production-2395103/
The original NEC press release, Google Translate(d) from Japanese:
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nec.co.jp%2Fpress%2Fja%2F1007%2F2302.html&sl=ja&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8
http://www.slashgear.com/nec-begins-nissan-leaf-ev-battery-mass-production-2395103/
The original NEC press release, Google Translate(d) from Japanese:
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nec.co.jp%2Fpress%2Fja%2F1007%2F2302.html&sl=ja&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8