Nissan Leaf cheaper than expected? Order in April
No separate battery lease in America?Beginning in April electric car fans can put down a refundable $100 deposit on a new Nissan Leaf, with deliveries starting in August. Thus far, Nissan expects to sell or lease about 20,000 Leafs based upon initial demand forecasts.
What's becoming more interesting, however, is guessing the final cost of the Leaf. For a while Nissan has claimed that pricing would be similar to that of Toyota Prius, although the battery was be leased separately, adding an extra monthly cost on top of the car.
Today, Insideline is reporting that Nissan will not lease the battery separately, at least not in the US. So, does that mean the cost of the Leaf is going up? Is Nissan going to take a more significant loss on the Leaf to get sales rolling? I guess we'll know by April.
Labels: electric cars, nissan leaf
posted by Dahcredyns at
6:55 AM
1 Comments:
It's a real shame this car suffers from the same HUGE issue as all the other alternative energy vehicles out there...it's BUTT UGLY.
Of all the body styles and designs Nissan could have used (even borrowed from Renault), they came out with this truly truly hideous car.
This only reinforces my notion that automakers are doing everything they can to curb enthusiasm for alternative energy cars. There's simply no excuse for these cars to be this ugly.
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