Nissan Sells 500 Leaf EVs to Enterprise
Nissan Motor Co., aiming to be the worlds biggest producer of electric vehicles, said it is selling rechargeable Leaf hatchbacks to Enterprise for use in the companys U.S. rental fleet.
Enterprise, which operates Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Alamo and National car rental lots and the WeCar car-sharing service, is buying 500 lithium-ion-powered Leafs which will go into service in January 2011.
Nissan has said it wants to sell at least 20,000 units of the $32,780 Leaf in the U.S. during the models first year, and company head Carlos Ghosn has set a goal of expanding global Leaf production to as many as 500,000 vehicles by the end of 2012.
The sale of the Leaf EVs to Enterprise is the second such arrangement for Nissan, which said in February it would supply Leafs to Hertz Global Holdings for use in rental fleets in the U.S. and Europe.
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