[Chris.J.II]

It was bound to happen eventually. though I don't think the car itself was a miscalculation what Nissan did with it sure was.

 

[Barry Caceres]

The title of this thread makes it sound like fact that the Leaf will be phased out, but the referenced article is the opinion of an analyst. Take it with a grain of salt.

 

[Nissan79]

I recently talked to the Fleet Sales Mgr at a local (PDX) area Nissan dealership. He manages both Leaf and Ariya fleet sale. He told me three things that were interesting:

1) Fleet pre-orders for Ariyas are apparently mixed in with all of our "regaular" customer pre-orders.
2) He confirmed that Leaf factory production is halted, due to assurance-of-supply issues. He said all chip capacity that was going to the Leaf line, is now being used for Ariya production. This suggests the end of the line has been reached for the Leaf.
3) Ariya preorder deliveries that were in the Nov-Dec '22 range, he believes, are actually going to be more like Apr-May '23.

So if this is true, I think the numbers suggest that all Ariya preorders should be within the 'old' 200,000 unit criteria. Hopefully this last-minute documentation that alot of us have signed (with our dealerships) will be enough to keep our preorders 'grandfathered' into the old EV Tax Credit criteria and will be eligible for the full $7500 credit for tax year 2023.

 

[dafish]

Let us pray.

Can you further elaborate on #3? I didn't know there were any estimated delivery dates established (not that I would know, which is why I'm asking).