The Nissan Leaf will be priced from 3.76 million yen (£27,000) in Japan and $32,780 (£21,700) in the US, signalling the company is planning to rely on government subsidies to make it affordable.
The Japanese price, announced today, is about a million yen (£7200) below the Japanese asking price for Mitsubishi's i-MiEV electric car, but significantly greater than the current best-selling eco car, the Prius, which starts at two million yen (£14,400).
However, government subsidies will drop the Leaf price by a around one million yen, to three million yen (£21,500), in Japan, and by about a quarter to £16750 in the US.
"The most important point of our cars is zero-emissions," Toshiyuki Shiga, chief operating officer of Nissan, said while promoting the low ownership costs of the Leaf. "Hybrid vehicles still consume gasoline. I want to fully push this sales point."
The Leaf will go on sale later this year in Europe and the United States.
Nissan said it aims to sell 6000 Leaf cars, its first mass-volume all-electric model, in Japan over the next 12 months. Orders open next month, with deliveries due in December.
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Re: Nissan Leaf - first prices
Re: Nissan Leaf - first prices
I am getting one of these as soon as they come out.
The range is what 100 miles and although I have not looked up to see if the figures have changed, I seem to think it was 80% recharge for 30mins on single phase and 15 mins for 80% on three phase; I can go to a meeting 160 miles away, which is more than plenty.
160 miles per day for many people is fine. For all my journeys its more than enough, I will use one for work, any journeys I do long distance are done by train.
This car is not aimed at 40K miles per year sales reps, but as the charging points expand and I am sure carbon credits will come into it and with employers wanting to get more green you will see them expanding.
Renault have the electric vans coming out as well as the cars etc - electric cars are most certainly the future.
Well Done Nissan! (and Renualt), it will be interesting to see if the share deal and link up with Daimler comes off in early April especially the joint development in terms of electric cars, that is a seriously technological alliance.
Re: Nissan Leaf - first prices