Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn has finally admitted what EV sales
numbers have been clearly indicating since January, and what even the most
casual observer of the electric car market could clearly see: Nissan will not meet its 2012 sales target for the all-electric
LEAF.
So far this year, Nissan has sold 6,791 LEAFs, down 15.6
percent from this time a year ago. The company had predicted that sales would
double this year.
With each passing week over the past few months, as Ghosn
continued to deny the obvious, the company’s credibility as the leader in EVs
was being eroded. In fact, just a few days ago, he refused to step back from
the larger goal of Nissan-Renault cumulatively selling 1.5 million EVs by 2015.
He instead suggested to Automotive News that electric car sales from Renault,
including the Zoe
model to be introduced next year, could help reach sales targets.
“On top of this, we're opening a lot of doors for the LEAF,”
Ghosn said. “We're becoming more competitive with the LEAF and putting our act
together.”
Focus
Electric needs more range Boston Herald
The long and winding road to building a better electric car
continues, though it is a very long road, indeed. Case in point is the Focus
Electric, the first passenger vehicle from Ford to be powered solely by
electricity.
It looks like a gas-powered Focus and rides like one, too.
So far, so good.
Unfortunately, you won’t be going very far. A full charge
will only get you about 75 miles down the road (maybe a 100 miles if you drive
gingerly). That’s a real deal-breaker for most drivers. Who wants to worry
about making it to work or getting home before the battery runs down?
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