While electric car sales for Nissan (and Renault) have not been going according to the original plan, not even by a long shot so far, the Japanese automaker’s most popular offering in the sector, the Leaf, has just crossed the 25,000 sales milestone for the US market.
This has been aided by steadily rising numbers (which had dropped due to the hot weather battery issue), and the record numbers of cars which have sold so far this year.
They are trying very hard to make the car appealing to Americans, so they are now assembling it in Tennessee, in order to be able to sell it cheaper than the Japanese-made model. Also, Nissan is committed to improving the charging infrastructure, and they have so far placed 50 fast charging points across the US map.
You can now buy a Nissan Leaf, in the US, for as little as $18,800 once you factor in all of the money you recover via state and federal tax credits – its base starting price with no deductions is $28,000, and it can currently be leased at $199 per month for 36 months, with a down payment of $1,999.
By Andrei Nedelea
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