According to this article http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/energy/27693/, 579 Leafs were sold in March (I guess I was one of the last ones.
KJD said:gascant said:If you have specific suggestions for them, we can pass them along. We know that they (or their PR firm) does watch the forum, too.
Yes I have a couple of suggestions.
1) Require EVERY Nissan dealer to have one of every color Leaf on the lot for buyers to see and drive.
2) Require EVERY Nissan dealer to provide a public charge station that can be accessed 24x7 and that means 365 days a year.
gascant said:SWEET! We had a Coda unveiling last month (joint with EAA) and attendance was 110 (or so they say, only 75 signed the guest log). It's a big draw. I'll make it down there for a meeting sometime soon--this Saturday we have the Campbell Easter Parade where we are trying to get the largest ever participation of LEAFs in an Easter Parade.
TonyWilliams said:gascant said:SWEET! We had a Coda unveiling last month (joint with EAA) and attendance was 110 (or so they say, only 75 signed the guest log). It's a big draw. I'll make it down there for a meeting sometime soon--this Saturday we have the Campbell Easter Parade where we are trying to get the largest ever participation of LEAFs in an Easter Parade.
I think we're "in the hunt" ratio wise, compared to the population of the Bay area compared to San Diego.
We have a population (2010 census) of 3,095,313, and the 9 county SF Bay area is over 7 million. We've got the local newspapers notified, so we'll get a free announcement for "Lookie Lou's" to come by.
Howard, yes, that's a well-researched article. John Voelcker, the author of this piece, posts regularly in the ActiveE group on Facebook. Here's a link to a thread he started the other day. You are welcome to chime in there, or ask him if he wanted to discuss the article here on MNL or in our Facebook group.gascant said:There was a good article in autoblog green about EV sales not starting to ramp for a few years yet. You can see that here:
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PaulScott said:Sorry to hear about all the lame dealers out there. They just don't understand what this movement is all about.
[/quote]While January and February were very slow, it has really picked up in March, and seems to be continuing in April. I think the great Fox News story on the Volt has had an effect, but the gas prices are most of it.
Not to put words in your mouth, but I think you're saying that you don't see a huge demand from customers, especially in January and February. No real pull on the demand side. That is something of an answer to the question of whether the low monthly sales numbers are due to supply constraints.PaulScott said:Sorry to hear about all the lame dealers out there. They just don't understand what this movement is all about.
I work for Nissan of Downtown LA and we always have L2 stations available, five of them open 24/7. Having a QC station would be nice, but we'd have to carve out some space for it. It's kind of tight there. I'm not too sure of the economics, but I bet we could come up with something fair. I do agree it would help sales.
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While January and February were very slow, it has really picked up in March, and seems to be continuing in April. I think the great Fox News story on the Volt has had an effect, but the gas prices are most of it.
PaulScott said:I work for Nissan of Downtown LA and we always have L2 stations available, five of them open 24/7. Having a QC station would be nice, but we'd have to carve out some space for it. It's kind of tight there. I'm not too sure of the economics, but I bet we could come up with something fair. I do agree it would help sales.
Maybe what needs to happen is that the Dealers let their salespeople drive the demo LEAFs for a week, so that way they DO get it. (Oh, yeah, maybe they should do the same for the Service Managers. I gave mine a demo a few months ago and he loved it.)PaulScott said:Sorry to hear about all the lame dealers out there. They just don't understand what this movement is all about.
No surprise that you saw one in Kirkland. From my desk in Kirkland I can see three Leafs right now. One in my office parking lot, and two in the Costco parking lot. I have seen over 20 Leafs in the wild now. I now only keep track of times I see multiples in one parking lot, and even that is becoming normal.ebill3 said:Puyallup Nissan has 'em. Last I checked, they had four.
I've been looking for just about a year, and other than a couple in the SF Bay area, saw my first LEAF in the wild at the Kirkland Library last Saturday.
Weird! I'd never heard about the above perceptions about either car. Sigh...LTLFTcomposite said:The other day a friend was asking me about the Leaf and says "So you can't buy those now can you?"
Maybe this perception stems from confusion with the Volt, which another person recently told me GM has discontinued.
To clarify, both the Leaf and the Volt are both currently selling.LTLFTcomposite said:The other day a friend was asking me about the Leaf and says "So you can't buy those now can you?"
Maybe this perception stems from confusion with the Volt, which another person recently told me GM has discontinued.
"Perhaps at that point they will let the dealers have a bunch on hand and sell them for whatever they want."
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