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Ken@Japan Will Be On TV Teaching Prius Driving Techniques

Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by Danny, Jun 25, 2009.

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  1. Danny

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    Looks like a PriusChat member is about to become famous! Ken@Japan, PriusChat's wonderful Japanese resource, will be a part of a program called NIKKEI Japan Report tomorrow, with the subject being "The Present and the Future" of the Japanese green economy. Don't worry, it's an English-language show! You'll be able to watch the show online on http://jibtv.com/ on the following schedule: jibtv (UTC): 2009/6/26(Fri) 00:30 / 4:30 / 8:30 / 12:30 / 16:30 / 20:30 All times are UTC, so be sure to add or subtract hours depending on where you are in the world. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that means the show will begin at 7:30 Eastern tonight. Here's the message Ken@Japan sent me with the details: I would like to tell you that my and some Japanese driver's Prius activity will be reported on the following TV program worldwide (broadcasted in English). The program lasts only 30 minutes and our part will be very short, maybe a few minutes, but we don't know how long it'll be yet. Anyway, our activity will be...
    • interviews to us - how do we like Prius and etc
    • some Prius driving techniques by myself [​IMG]
    • E-1 (fuel economy) competition by 11 drivers
    The main theme of the program is "eco-friendly car". http://www.nikkei.co.jp/japanreport/ " Even as the global economy experiences a prolonged downturn, Japan is seeing brisk sales of fuel-efficient “eco-friendly car” that have low carbon dioxide emissions. Toyota Motor Corporation’s revamped hybrid “Prius” became the top monthly seller in the domestic market immediately after being launched this May. In July, Mitsubishi Motor Corporation plans to introduce its electric vehicle “i-MiEV”. Meanwhile, Honda Motor Corporation, whose hybrid car “Insight”has been a hit with consumers, is working to develop fuel-cell vehicles that don't require gasoline. We report on the latest trends and behind-the-scene technological developments that are making Japanese eco-friendly cars the industry frontrunners. " The broadcast schedule is... jibtv (UTC): 2009/6/26(Fri) 00:30 / 4:30 / 8:30 / 12:30 / 16:30 / 20:30 NIKKEI CNBC (JPN): 2009/6/27(Sat) 09:00,2009/6/28(Sun) 22:00 CNBC Asia (SIN/HK): 2009/6/28(Sun) 10:00 / 20:30 Thank you and Best Regards, Ken@Japan
     
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    Wow, Ken. Way to go!

    I will watch it and I am sure I will learn a few things from it.
     
    #2 usbseawolf2000, Jun 25, 2009
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    awesome Ken!! can i have your autograph??
     
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    Cool. Now we can all say we know a celebrity.

    Tom
     
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    Ken's da man!
     
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    It's nice that your undisputed expertise is recognized in front of an international audience, Ken!
     
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    Can someone record it and post it some where? I dont think I will be able to watch it.
     
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    What fun! I hope I can stay awake long enough to catch the next show. I bet you did a great job.
     
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    That is pretty awesome. Congratulations Ken!
     
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    Hi All,

    Just watched the 00:30 UTC showing, but missed the first 9 minutes. Did not see Ken. So he must have been during those first 9 minutes. I started watching when they were talking about the MIEV.
     
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    Thanks. I overslept and missed the 00:30 UTC showing. I'll be sure to catch the first 10 minutes of the next showing which is at 4:30 UTC / 12:30 a.m. Eastern Time.
     
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    Missed it. How do I watch it now?
     
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    Go to this website: NHK WORLD English

    Click the play button on the screen in the upper right hand corner.

    Note if that doesn't work, you probably have to download some software.

    The scheduled UTC times are Friday June 26, 2009 at 00:30 / 4:30 / 8:30 / 12:30 / 16:30 / 20:30.

    You being in the central time zone I think works out to UTC minus 5 hours, meaning the next showing scheduled for 4:30 UTC should be 11:30 pm central time tonight (Thursday June 25).
     
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  15. Boo

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    I waited for the 4:30 UTC showing, and the website's video wouldn't cooperate and play the show. Then it crashed my Firefox session.

    When I had tested it several times earlier, sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't.

    Pretty frustrating.
     
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    Just watched the 16:30 session (it is 6:30 pm here in Sydney). Saw Ken - he was shown demonstrating pulse and glide with the comment that he got 93 mpg from his GenIII drive.

    Nice overall discussion on eco cars - featured the Prius, then the Mitsubishi iMev, then the Honda Clarity. At the end of the session, they put some figures up on how eco cars are selling in Japan. Up until a couple of months ago, the ratio has been 1 in 25 were hybrids. That has now zoomed to 1 in 8 new cars are hybrids. They say, to meet the greenhouse emission targets, they need to get to 1 in 2 cars being at least a hybrid, if not pure electric.
     
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    UPDATE:

    I just tried Internet Explorer, with which the video playback on that NHK WORLD English website seems to work without a hitch.

    Last showing is at 20:30 UTC or 4:30 pm Eastern Time today:

    NHK WORLD English
     
    #17 Boo, Jun 26, 2009
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    After the MS plug-in is installed (yech) and Safari restarted, I could watch the video clip. I missed the first 4 minutes or so of the show, but I think I caught Ken@japan. Mostly they filmed the MID displaying 40 Km/Liter :)
     
    #18 SageBrush, Jun 26, 2009
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    I missed the last showing because the website's video player wouldn't cooperate.

    I had two computers going with all required plug-ins installed. One computer was open to the website through Internet Explorer, and the other was open to the website through Firefox.

    Prior to the last scheduled showing, both players were working and were showing all scheduled programs.

    But when 20:30 UTC (4:30 pm Eastern Time) rolled around and Ken's program was supposed to air, both players wouldn't play the program and instead said "Wait until the next program". :( :mad:

    And then when 21:00 UTC (5:00 pm Eastern Time) rolled around, the next scheduled program played.

    Don't know what happened.
     
    #19 Boo, Jun 26, 2009
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    Did anybody record it?
     
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