Hey Leaf owners — that’s right, all 4,000 of you — it feels like Nissan took your complaints feedback to heart and is creating a few standard additions its EV auto line. Prospective owners of the yet-to-be delivered 2012 models can sit up for the inclusion of a DC fast charge port that’ll have your roadster 80 percent juiced in under half-hour and a few cold weather features — like heated seats and a battery warmer. The Japanese carmaker also announced plans to expand availability of the automobile to Illinois and parts of the southeastern US, and can open reservations to the public once existing orders are fulfilled. So that is the good, now are you prepared for the bad? These electric hatchbacks have become a brand new, higher MSRP that takes the SV trim level model to $35,200 and the SL to $37,250. It’s a completely reasonable price to pay for hot buns and, hey, you’re saving the planet.
NASHVILLE, TN UNITED STATES
RALEIGH, N.C., July 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Nissan North America Inc. is expanding availability of the all-electric Nissan LEAF to U.S. consumers for the 2012 model year, with upgrades in line with feedback from the thousands of householders who have already got driven several millions of miles within the first 100-percent electric car for the mass market.
The Nissan LEAF, enriched with additional standard equipment including quick charging and cold-weather features for the 2012 model year, now may be available for order within the Southeastern U.s.a. and Illinois.
“Many enthusiastic consumers have eagerly anticipated ordering a Nissan LEAF in their own, and now we will be able to make zero-emissions mobility a reality in additional markets,” said Brian Carolin, senior vice chairman, Sales and Marketing, Nissan North America. “Based on direct feedback from Nissan LEAF owners, the features that buyers want most will come standard at the 2012 Nissan LEAF – including quick charging and cold-weather features.”
Nissan on July 25 will open up the ordering process to consumers with existing reservations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Washington, D.C.
After the prioritized ordering phase for existing reservations in those markets, Nissan on Aug. 4 will open new reservations and orders to most of the people, both in these new markets, in addition places where the Nissan LEAF already have been on sale (Arizona, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington). Expected delivery of the primary 2012 Nissan LEAFs will begin within the fall.
The MY12 vehicle features product enhancements that incorporate feedback from early LEAF drivers, including standardizing the most well liked options. These features include:
DC Fast Charge capability standard on Nissan LEAF SL: The majority of MY11 consumers have opted for the DC fast charge port, which permits the vehicle to be charged at 480V – reducing charging time to under half-hour for charging the vehicle to 80 percent from a totally depleted state. As DC fast charge stations proliferate around the country, Nissan expects this selection to become much more popular. For 2012, fast-charging capability could be standard at the SL trim level.
Cold weather features standard on Nissan LEAF: Because the Nissan LEAF rolls out to U.S. markets with colder climates, cold weather features become standard equipment on all trim levels of the Nissan LEAF. These include a battery warmer, heated steering wheel, and heated seats in both front and rear.
The manufacturer’s suggested retail price of the 2012 Nissan LEAF is $35,200 for the SV trim level, and $37,250 for the SL trim level. The monthly lease price will begin at a highly competitive $369.
Nissan will expand into additional new markets because the year continues. Within the fall, orders from existing reservations and new reservations will begin in Connecticut, Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Manhattan. By the tip of the year, Delaware, Indiana, Louisiana, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island should be added as markets where the Nissan LEAF shall be available for order.
Greater than 4,000 Nissan LEAFs were dropped at U.S. customers, and Nissan, because it begins the following phase of the launch, continues to be told from them. While 82 percent have never previously owned a Nissan, an entire 75 percent considered no other vehicle than the Nissan LEAF of their purchase decision. On an entire, these early adopters report that they’re using the Nissan LEAF as their primary car, and driving it way over was originally anticipated. These consumers, most of whom are highly educated and feature high income levels, are technologically savvy, environmentally conscious, and look at themselves advocates for electric-car technology.
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