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Although company executives have repeatedly suggested that the price of the upcoming 2011 Nissan Leaf EV (right) in the U.S. market will be comparable to a loaded Honda Civic, plus its annual fuel bill, the company may be positioning the car a bit higher in the economic strata at home.


Nissan isn't commenting yet on Leaf pricing, but a report in the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper today says Nissan plans to price the Japanese market model at just below 4 million yen.


While that's less than Mitsubishi charges in Japan for its smaller and less capable i-MiEV city EV, it's still the equivalent of $40,000 at present currency exchange rates, and that's apparently before the monthly cost of leasing the batteries.


(Nissan has said that to keep the purchase price as low as possible it would sell the car but lease the batteries separately in most of the world, although it plans to sell or lease car and battery as a package in the U.S.)
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Tags: Nissan, Plug-ins and Electric, 2011 Nissan Leaf EV, Nissan Leaf Pricing

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Nissan Leaf EV Pricing Before Incentives Said To Be Equivalent of $40,000 in Japan was originally published by Green Car Advisor. Read the full story by clicking here.