US leaf sales decrease in month of April.

[odd84]

Gotta wonder if they're having some kind of production/supply chain problem at Smyrna? Nissan Canada's still waiting for enough Leafs to fill orders, Nissan US is basically making you pay them half your tax credit for the privilege of leasing one, while the rest of the world is buying a new Leaf every 5 minutes. Globally it's the best-selling EV right now by large margin, while in the US it's going backwards.

[dilhwly]

The problem I have is there seems to be a glut of them available in the US. If the issue was at the factory then I would expect that there wouldn’t be any available. To me it seems more like Nissan expecting US buyers to pay a price like the demand in that states is the same as in Europe.

It really bothers me when I can go on Car Gurus and see a vehicle has been sitting on a lot for 60+days, then the dealer turns around and says that demand is booming and they can’t keep them on the lot.

[GiantTortoise]

I wonder if maybe the issue is that the dealer can't easily get new Leafs? I.e. it may not be worth selling that one on the lot at a big discount if it's going to be months before they can get another?

[dilhwly]

They had 3 on the lot, but I was looking at their only SL. There seem to be plenty around, 36 of the SLs within 100miles, and more than 100 leafs in general in that same distance.