GetOffYourGas
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dgpcolorado said:I assume that Nissan still loses money on each LEAF they sell. They are a long way from paying for the huge research costs to bring the LEAF to market and I have my doubts that the invoice price covers the cost to manufacture the car and battery even in 2014. I'm just guessing though; only the Nissan accountants know for sure.
So, in my view Nissan and batteries is something of a special case because the product and market are still young. That should change over time.
I'm not so sure that the invoice price is less than the manufacturing cost for Nissan. If this were true, I don't know if they would be pushing so hard to ramp up production to meet demand. Like you said, though, only the Nissan accountants know for sure.
The R&D / tooling is a different story of course. I'm sure they are nowhere near paying for that with ~100,000 Leafs.