Nissan incrementa vendas do Leaf em Abril - EUA

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Nissan incrementa vendas do Leaf em Abril - EUA. (Nissan sees big April sales boost for electric Leaf)

"New York — A top Nissan Motor Co. executive expects sales of its electric car, the Leaf, to take a big leap this month.
Brian Carolin, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Nissan North America Inc., said that by the end of April, Nissan will have sold about 900 in the United States.

Through the first three months of sales in 2011, Nissan sold just under 500 Leafs in the United States.
Carolin foresees no troubles meeting demand for the Leaf for the rest of the year, despite the natural disaster in Japan. "I think we're going to be fine this year on the Leaf," Carolin told reporters on the sidelines of a conference here ahead of the New York International Auto Show.
Nissan sent about 600 Leafs to the United States just before the March 11 calamity.
Carolin expects total U.S. Leaf sales for 2011 to be "a little north" of 10,000. Nissan closed a waiting list after 20,000 people made refundable deposits. Another 340,000 interested people have registered on a Nissan website.
The company vows to get Leafs into the driveways of all those who reserved one by the end of the summer.
Nissan is today beginning the reprogramming of 5,300 Leafs worldwide to address a "handful" of complaints the automaker has received of difficulty restarting the vehicle. In some cases, dealers will go to owners' homes to make the fix.
"We're getting no anxiety from the customers," Carolin said. "This is not a cause for concern."
Nissan will show off a new fuel-efficient Nissan Versa sedan at this week's show.
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