Nissan Could Delay Start of U.S. Leaf Production

June 15, 2011

Nissan (PINK:NSANY) may be forced to delay the start of U.S. production of its Leaf electric car due to the disruption caused by March's earthquake in Japan, Hideaki Watanabe, VP in charge of Nissan's global Zero Emission Vehicle business unit, tells the Detroit News. The executive says many timetables have been thrown off by the March 11 quake, but adds that it is too early to estimate how long of a delay there may be for U.S. Leaf production.