2014 LE Will Be Everyday Part Of Infiniti’s Vehicle Lineup
While electric vehicles like the Nissan LEAF, Chevrolet Volt, and Ford C-Max Energi are all fine examples of what a plug-in car can do. Many consumers have been anxiety waiting to buy a more performance/luxury oriented EV from a major auto maker...
So what of Infiniti and the LE?
Nissan has big plans for the Infiniti brand, and its electric show car, which enters production at Nissan’s Smyrna, TN plant at the end of this year.
By the end of 2016, the company expects to increase overall sales of Infiniti to 500,000, with 40% of those sales coming in China.
And while the LE is not going to be a huge contributor to that figure, Andy Palmer, executive vice-president of Nissan, confirms that the LE will not onlystill be in production 4 years from now, but that Nissan projects to be selling 25,000 copies a year.
As a point of reference, 25,000 luxury LEs per year is 1,500 more plug-ins than any anyone else has sold in a year to date in the US. (Chevy sold 23,461 Volts in the US in 2012)
“It (the Infiniti LE) is not going to be a big contributor in terms of total volume, orders in a magnitude of about 25,000 units, but its part of the halo of the (Infiniti) portfolio.”