U.S. Nissan LEAF Production Halted Due to March 11 Earthquake in Japan
Published Friday, 01 July, 2011 by Blog Admin. Categories: News.
Nissan was planning on producing the popular electric LEAF in the U.S. starting as early as December 2012. Manufacturing of the vehicles battery was to start in the U.S. in September 2012. Although this is a significant amount of time from now the March 11 earthquake that devastated areas of Japan affected Nissan more than anyone originally thought.
"On March 11 every operation stopped, so all the resources that were in place [to begin manufacturing the LEAF in the U.S.] were used to restore Japan," shares Hideaki Watanabe, Head, Global Zero Emission Vehicle Business Unit, Nissan. "All…