leaffan said:
Walterbays, you're the first one besides myself that I've seen that has "eTec application accepted", but hasn't been able to order. What day/time did you reserve (3 PM MST/4/20)?
I reserved on 8/31, at which time the reservation list was about 16 to 17 thousand. I'm not surprised (any more) that I can't order yet since I've yet to see anyone able to order who reserved as late as 4/21, and understand why you use the time of day on 4/20 to differentiate who gets to order in September versus October.
By the way, who knew about the magic 4/20 date? Was it a special offer that went out to loyal Nissan owners? Or did it go to people active in EV and environmental societies? Back in April I was vaguely aware of the Leaf, but never considered it for myself until I sat down and started to calculate my daily driving pattern to see how well a Chevy Volt might work for me.
leaffan said:
Mine was changed from "sorry, you didn't qualify...." to the present one on Sept. 4, but I was told by phone call that I was accepted Aug. 17. It took that long for Nissan to get the correct info from EVP.
I think they have a certain number of EV project slots to fill in each target city, and they probably triage the applications: 1) those where the questionnaire makes it seem very unlikely the site and driving conditions are suitable; 2) those where it seems very likely they are suitable; and 3) those where they're unsure. I bet they focus limited site evaluation resources on group 2, send "qualify" notices to group 1, and "unqualify" notices to group 3. As they succeed or fail in filling all the city's slots, and as they are able to do more on-site evaluations, they probably get more or less selective in defining the groups. So I bet they initially rejected you as unlikely, and then when they needed more participants in Phoenix and had some spare time to go look, they saw your situation and decided you qualified.