"Panasonic Corp.will begin selling home-use air conditioners in the U.S. on a trial basis as early as this month..Panasonic has stayed away from the U.S. market because it uses different air-conditioning standards than in Japan."
Source:Panasonic To Launch Trial Air Conditioner Sales In U.S.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
http://e.nikkei.com/e/fr/tnks/Nni20100805D05SS758.htm