2013 Nissan Leaf Photos and Info: A Lower Price of Entry and a Few New Gadgets

Nissan is updating its fully electric Leaf for 2013, hoping to jump-start its disappointing sales performance. North American models now are assembled at the company's Smyrna, Tennessee, production site, which has been expanded to accommodate annual production of up 150,000 Leafs. Nissan itself knows it won't be building that many for a while—but it may take an even longer time than the company thinks. This past November saw CEO Carlos Ghosn admitting that the car would miss its U.S. targets, with just 9819 units unloaded here last year—fewer than half of the expected total. Nissan's competitors aren't exactly smiling about the predicament, either, as many of them have sunk considerable funds into the development of their own EV programs. It appears so far that Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn's big gamble on fully electric transportation hasn't paid off at all.  READ MORE ›› from Car and Driver Blog http://blog.caranddriver.com

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