Nissan Leaf Sales Up 10,000 in US
Nissan Leaf sales are up, a lot, in the United States. The ’2-year-old’ all electric hatchback from Japan has made huge strides in sales figures in only 18 months. With more states allowing electric vehicles on their roads, this number will undoubtedly continue to increase.
As 2011 came to an end last month, the Japanese auto maker reported that over 10,000 of their Leaf EV cars were on the roads of America. Things will only go up from here, as the company now has an OK from almost 40 states to allow EV travel on highways, and each state has its own network of charging ports.
In December, almost 7,000 reservations had been reported by Nissan dealers for test drives and purchases of 2012 Leaf EVs.
“From a Leaf perspective, 2011 was a great year and very positive for the company,” said Brendan Jones, Nissan Leaf Marketing and Sales Strategist, Nissan North America. “[10,000 sales] is more EVs than have been sold in the United States — and 20,000 globally — than all the other OEMs combined throughout the world. So that’s an outstanding achievement.”
Source: Green Car Reports
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