Nissan LEAF is the first 100% electric vehicle for Renault-Nissan Alliance. Production began at the plant of Nissan in Oppama Japan. Sales are expected to start December this year in the Japan and USA markets. Customers in Europe will have to wait until early 2011. “This is a significant milestone, not only for Nissan and the Renault-Nissan Alliance, but also for the entire automotive industry,” said Nissan President and CEO Carlos Ghosn at the Nissan LEAF offline ceremony. “Consumers are clear. They want sustainable and affordable mobility … and the Alliance is leading the way with cars that deliver exactly that, with the reliability, excitement and performance that consumers demand. The high-quality, innovative Nissan LEAF will radically transform what consumers expect from automobile manufacturers worldwide. “Batteries that will power an electric car are manufactured by Automotive Energy Supply Corporation (AESC) operation in Zama, Japan. The battery module, which contains four battery cells, are assembled at Zama and then shipped to the Nissan Oppama facility, where 48 of them are assembled into the electric car’s battery pack. The Oppama plant has an annual production capacity of 50,000 units. Nissan LEAF will start production at Smyrna in late 2012 and at Sunderland in early 2013. At full ramp up, Smyrna will have an annual production capacity of 150,000 units, and Sunderland will have a capacity of 50,000 units. So far still no official information about the price of the car.
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