Female racing drivers promote Tottori Pref. EV facilities

Female racing drivers promote Tottori Pref. EV facilities

TOTTORI, Japan - Race car drivers Nanami Tsukamoto (R) and Urara Tachibana pay a courtesy call on Tottori Gov. Shinji Hirai at the prefectural office in Tottori City on July 11, 2014. Their racing team started making a commercial video to publicize the western Japanese prefecture's charging facilities for electric vehicles.

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