Nissan Foliage Sets Annual U.S. Electrical Vehicle Sales Tape – Again
With to a greater extent than than 2 months remaining, Nissan LEAF has shattered the tape for the most US of America electrical vehicle sales inwards a unmarried calendar year, surpassing the previous tape of 22,610 that it fix inwards 2013.
“With nearly xx electrical cars or plug-in hybrid models on the route today, Nissan LEAF remains at the caput of the class, outselling the nearest competition past times 50 pct through September,” said Brendan Jones, director, Nissan electrical vehicle Sales together with Infrastructure. “Since the initial launch inwards 2010 our primary destination is to convey electrical vehicles to the volume marketplace inwards a practical together with fun-to-drive package, together with nosotros maintain to deliver electrical cars to to a greater extent than novel buyers than anyone else.”
LEAF sales inwards 2014 through September are upwardly to a greater extent than than 36 pct compared to the same menstruation concluding year. With to a greater extent than than 142,000 LEAF sales globally since launch together with to a greater extent than than 64,000 of those inwards the U.S., Nissan is the global leader inwards electrical vehicles. (Nissan volition denote Oct US of America sales on Monday, Nov. 3.)
“Nissan LEAF owners are eager to part their enthusiasm alongside neighbours, friends together with family, together with that passion makes them around of our best salespeople,” said Jones. “We’ve seen a ‘cul-de-sac’ final result where the starting fourth dimension LEAF possessor inwards the neighbourhood becomes the community champion for electrical cars, educating neighbours on the benefits of going electric, fifty-fifty sometimes handing the keys over for a exam drive.”
With seating for upwardly to v passengers, the all-electric Nissan LEAF boasts an EPA-estimated driving attain of 84 miles on a fully-charged battery together with MPGe ratings of 126 city, 101 highway together with 114 combined.
The starting cost of a Nissan LEAF is nigh $22,000 afterward the available maximum $7,500 federal taxation credit, together with LEAF offers the benefits of lower running costs together with less scheduled maintenance. LEAF offers a broad attain of touchstone equipment addition a diversity of available premium features such every bit leather seats, 17-inch alloy wheels together with 7-speaker BOSE® issue energy efficient well system.
