U.S. Nissan LEAF Production Suspended
Published Thursday, 30 June, 2011 by Blog Admin. Categories: News.
The March 11 Earthquake in Japan has caused Nissan to delay U.S. production plans for the LEAF. The original schedule Nissan had the production lines starting in December 2012. Manufacturing of the lithium-ion battery fitted in the Nissan LEAF were to start even earlier, in September 2012.
At first the extent of the damage was unknown but it seems now that Nissan was hit harder than expected. Just as demand for its award winning vehicles has begun to increase we might be faced with a shortage.
"On March 11 every operation stopped, so all the resources that were in…