Driveleaf.com is a club for Nissan Leaf owners, lessees, reserved wait listers, and even enthusiasts of EV technology. The organization is in its forming stages, and we are actively looking for more members all the time. Our goal is to be a central place of information for Nissan Leaf enthusiasts, and follow that with being a place to locate other like-minded individuals, as we all become part of automotive history together. Join us for online discussions, meet-ups, presentations, and parties.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Leaf Ordered!
Yesterday at 11am, we were able to order our Silver SL leaf! Congrats to everybody else who started the process!
Nissan leaf $1000 less than msrp?
It looks like dealer competition is starting to heat up, with Nissan dealers vying for your leaf business.
This includes some dealers dropping their price below MSRP.
Check out the full story after the jump: http://i.green.autoblog.com/2010/08/09/report-nissan-dealer-expected-to-sell-leaf-1-000-below-msrp/
Least stolen cars? Hybrid and green.
Just wait until thieves are passing up on stealing Nissan leafs.
http://inhabitat.com/2010/08/05/another-reason-to-buy-a-hybrid-theives-dont-steal-them/
Danny DeVito wants to know who killed his electric car.
Great interview from the UK, test driving the leaf.
Chevy Volt dealer gouge $20k?
USAtoday reports that some initial data is out, and Chevy dealers are promising premium markups and gouges as high as $20K for initial Volt buyers.
Nissan has said it’s possible for price gouging, but they expect dealers to behave nicely, since customers can simply switch their order to any dealer in the network.
(For reference, Driveleaf has selected Antelope Valley Nissan, and been promised MSRP will be the charged price.)
For the full gouging article, follow the link.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2010/08/edmunds-says-chevrolet-dealer-asking-20k-over-sticker-for-volt-/1
Adage predicts Chevy will go after the Nissan Leaf in advertising.
It seems the Cola wars of the 80s have grown up, and now will take on the auto industry. Who will be the Dr Pepper in all of this?
