Nissan has done an amazing job so far building a lot of hype around the LEAF. It’s pretty easy to see why, as there are a lot of people out there who can benefit from the car, especially at its price point. Only odd thing though, is how you’re actually going to get one.
It was first laid out that your $99 would secure your spot in line, and that you’d be able to pick a dealer. If you were routed to the NissanUSA website through a referral URL from a dealership, the dealer option would be gone, and you would order directly from the dealer that referred you. Lots of Redbulls were consumed, pots of coffee downed, and a few tense moments went out from IT departments all over the place as the dealers built up their web presence to steer as many people as possible to the LEAF ordering.
So now that 13,000 LEAFs have been ordered, what is the system? Well… it still seems that it is being refined. Dealerships learned of a slight snafu that didn’t allow Nissan to share customer information with them, so picking a dealer went by the wayside, and it seems dealers were assigned arbitrarily.
Nissan is also going to be providing a home visit from an Electrician for future LEAF owners, so they can learn first hand what they should do. There are currently no stipulations on an installation of a charging system at home, but one would greatly benefit from it.
As more news comes out about how Nissan is refining the ordering process, we’ll update all of the other EV pioneers out there!
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May 28th, 2010 at 12:58 pm
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