evnow
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http://green.autoblog.com/2010/05/14/ghosn-says-renault-nissan-will-have-capacity-for-500-000-new-evs/
Why does the capacity matter - why does Nissan keep talking about it ? Here is something I posted about in Tesla forum a while back ...
When the Nissan LEAF goes on sale this year - as the first of the eight all-electric models to launch - the Renault-Nissan Alliance will be the first to mass-market affordable zero-emission vehicles, backed by battery capacity of 500,000 units. No other automaker will be producing electric batteries or cars at such a scale.
Why does the capacity matter - why does Nissan keep talking about it ? Here is something I posted about in Tesla forum a while back ...
Nissan is doing a classic "game theory" move. Very good price along with possibility of large production volumes. What this means is that anyone who undercuts Nissan Leaf will have to contend with Nissan further reducing the price and the ability at that lower price point to flood the market because of high production potential. Essentially Nissan's credibility for waging a "price war" is very high.
My guess is few will directly challenge Leaf for many years - there will be EREVs from GM etc, parallel Plugins from Toyota etc. Not sure what Ford will do. Chrysler / Fiat will have the Fiat 500 EV - the smaller EV option (same for Mini-E and Smart-E). Honda will continue to beat the dead hydrogen horse. But no compact BEV challenges.
If what Nissan is threatening - 8 models in next 3 years - is true, they would be owning the EV market for years.