Nissan Begins U.S. Assembly Of 2013 Leaf Electric Vehicle And Batteries

Nissan Begins U.S. Assembly Of 2013 Leaf Electric Vehicle And Batteries

This week, Nissan will access up U.S. accumulation of the 2013 archetypal year all-electric LEAF at its accomplishment bulb in Smyrna, Tenn., area it will be bogus alongside the company's gasoline-powered products.

The alpha of Nissan LEAF accumulation in Smyrna comes on the heels of the aperture of Nissan's array bulb in an adjoining facility. Nissan is the alone automaker that articles its own electric agent batteries, at the better lithium-ion automotive array bulb in the U.S.

"Bringing accumulation of the avant-garde 2013 Nissan LEAF to our award-winning accomplishment bulb speaks to the flexibility, ability and aptitude of our U.S. workforce," said Susan Brennan , Nissan's carnality admiral of accomplishment in Smyrna. "Nissan has a 30-year history of architecture affection cartage in Smyrna, and aloof like every agent we produce, the LEAF has met or exceeded every one of our accurate affection requirements." 

LEAF accumulation in Smyrna will accord to Nissan's ambition to accomplish 85 percent of its U.S. sales aggregate in North America by 2015, and accepting added bounded agreeable will abate acknowledgment to fluctuations in adopted currency. The accession of LEAF and array accumulation has resulted in the conception of added than 300 U.S. accomplishment jobs, a cardinal that can access with demand.

"The Nissan LEAF has broadcast above aboriginal adopters and is now ambrosial to a ample spectrum of consumers." said Brian Carolin , Nissan's chief carnality admiral of sales and marketing. "Since we launched the LEAF in 2010, we've abstruse that bodies are actual admiring to the avant-garde technology and added amenities, but they are additionally attractive for a added affordable amount point."

The 2013 Nissan LEAF boasts avant-garde appearance such as 240V charging that is about alert as fast as the antecedent model, as able-bodied as a broader ambit of trim levels starting with the alike added affordable S grade, affective up to the SV archetypal and admission with the top-of-the-line SL.

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