Nissan, Production of "Leaf" EV started   The "Leaf" is assembled on the same production line as for the "Juke" and "Cube" at the Oppama Plant. On the assembly process for mounting a gasoline tank on gasoline engine vehicles a battery pack, and on the engine mounting process, a motor and inverter module is mounted respectively. Lithium-ion batteries to be installed on the "Leaf" are produced at the Zama Operations Center of Automotive Energy Sup...

新闻  2010/10/28 更新

Nissan, EV to increase to 8 models by 2013   In addition to a compact electric car "Leaf" slated to be put on the market in Japan, the US and Europe starting at the end of 2010, Nissan plans to launch a light-duty electric commercial vehicle as well in the three markets in 20‚P2, and to raise global production of electric vehicles of the Renault-Nissan Alliance to half a million in 2012. It aims to reduce costs by economies of scale. Furthermo...

新闻  2010/05/14 更新

Nissan, reservations for EV "Leaf" started in the U.S.   Nissan North America (NNA) began to take official order reservations for the Leaf from over 115,000 people who have applied for registration on the specific website. Registrants who have received a notification mail from Nissan are eligible to be officially enrolled on the reservation list by paying a 99-dollar reservation fee. The starting price of the Leaf in the US is 32,700 dollars (ap...

新闻  2010/04/22 更新

Nissan, Net price of "Leaf" announced 2.99 million yen   Nissan announced that retail prices of its electric vehicle "Leaf" will start at 3.76 million yen (approx. 40,870 US dollars), which translates to net 2.99 million yen (approx. 32,500 U..S. dollars) after deduction of the government subsidy of 770,000 yen (appox. 8,400 US dollars). Nissan will accept advance orders for the car starting on April 1. As temporary tax incentive measures the au...

新闻  2010/03/31 更新

Nissan, "Leaf" priced between 3.5 to 4 million yen   Nissan has decided to put a price ranging from 3.5 to 4 million yen in the Japanese market on its 5-seater electric vehicle "Leaf" slated to be launched in Japan, the US and Europe starting in the fall of 2010. The price is far lower than 4,599,000 yen of Mitsubishi Motors' electric vehicle "i-MiEV" that has already been on the market. Nissan is planning to produce 50,000 cars in Japan in 2010...

新闻  2010/03/19 更新

Nissan, Sales procedure of "Leaf" in U.S. announced   Nissan North America announced it will begin accepting pre-order reservations for the electric vehicle "Leaf"in April from customers who have been registered on the website dedicated to the Leaf" model and have paid a refundable fee of 100 dollars per car. Orders will officially begin to be taken starting in August. The first batch of the Leaf electric cars will be delivered in December in de...

新闻  2010/02/17 更新