The Japanese manufacturer hopes to roll off the assembly lines about 4,000 electric vehicles a month at the Oppama plant in Tokyo. Nissan started production of the vehicle in October and until now, it has produced approximately 3,000 units, but the company hopes to reach 10,000 by the end of March, according to a report by Automotive News.
Buyers of the Leaf were worried that deliveries will take too long, as some of them have been informed that their ordered vehicles could arrive even in summer. For example, only 19 units have been delivered in the last month of 2010 and, although Nissan admits there was a problem somewhere, it says the whole process goes as it should.
"There is no production delay," Katherine Zachary, Nissan North America spokeswoman was quoted as saying by Autonews. "We didn't do a great job communicating about the delivery process with all of our customers."
On the other hand, the Japanese manufacturer admitted that Nissan could do better when it comes to deliveries of the Leaf and all of those who have ordered an electric Nissan should receive it anytime soon.
"We have promised that everyone who has ordered a car will get it by the end of summer, and we are trying to accelerate that,” Brian Carolin, senior vice president for Nissan’s U.S. sales and marketing, said earlier this month.
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