subject: Chicago Nissan Dealership Getting Closer To The Arrival Of The Leaf; Exterior Color Options Released [print this page] Decisions, decisions! Thats what Nissan Leaf potential owners will be facing soon when the company finally rolls out this all-electric wonder, touted to travel 100 miles on a single battery charge. Nissan Chicago customers are among those weighing in on the Leaf reservations pages, which Nissan has created to better gauge the needs of their customers.
Some early images of the Leaf show color options in silver, red and black. (With black definitely being the sharpest.) But Nissan cautions these are not definitely the final colors, just the samples used to get a feel for what customers most prefer.
Your Chicago Nissan dealership also is interested in what Nissan discovers about how buyers will manage the Leaf. Will they be mostly carpooling moms or will the commuters want a Leaf? Will standard trim levels be the norm or will buyers want the upgrade to the SL trim? Where will they park the Leaf in order to charge it?
Nissan will need to answer all of these questions to successfully sell the Leaf model when it debuts. The Leaf also will have some competition arriving before long. Toyota will be launching the first all-electric Prius in a few months and Mitsubishi has the iMiev cooking on the front burner. From what we have garnered so far, Leaf has the longest range on a single charge about 30 miles more than the iMiev.
Customers of Chicago Nissan will want to get on a list to make sure you can get one without waiting months on a list. Nissan has been pleasantly surprised with the number of reservations they received on the Leaf page.
Chicago Nissan dealerships may be inundated with request for the new Leaf. It will be interesting to see how many buyers are willing to adapt to the need to charge their vehicle and how and where they manage to find a power source.
If I were smart I would even now be making plans to construct charging stations in key locales where the highest numbers of all-electric cars are being sold. I believe it will be a challenge for someone to make enough money to sustain such a business while charging prices (no pun intended) for the electricity that will seem reasonable to plug-in drivers. Of course, when someone wants to get home after a long day they may not quibble about a charging fee.
There are many questions to be answered and obstacles to be overcome regarding electric vehicles. Many have yet to be considered, Im sure. The main question will be: How do car makers overcome public uncertainty, ignorance and concern when it comes to plug-ins? What will get them to buy?
