Bill Krueger, head of Nissan's manufacturing and supply chain management, tells Automotive News that the March 11 quake in Japan disrupted construction of the automaker's Nissan Leaf production complex in Smyrna, Tennessee, but says there's no need to worry because his team is working 'round the clock to stick to the automaker's open-by-late-2012 timetable. Says Krueger: We're still targeting to launch on time. It's too early to give up on meeting our original timing. We have just shy of a year and a half to make it up. We had people over there training when the lights went out. ... Read More