Sharyn Bovat The NISSAN Whistleblower Was Told Leaf Was To Be An "Image Car"and Not Intended To Be Mass Marketed. Then WHY Did NISSAN Take OVER 1 Billion Dollars Of DOE Taxpayer Money To Build A Battery Plant To MASS Produce Batteries. NISSAN Told Congress That 1300 Jobs Would Be Created.
It’s Estimated That Only 60-70 Jobs to Be Created: That Means The Average Cost Per Job Is About 20 Million.
THE BATTERY ISSUE
The NISSAN Leaf REALLY cost 63,000 to 67,000 just to manufacture.
The $63,000 Leaf price is achieved by statements from and industry expert who said “the non battery part of the Leaf would be approx. 15-20K” then added “that does not include marketing or R & D” & realistically the car cost 80k.
“replacing a single module in the Leaf's 48-module battery pack would cost £404” Andy Palmer Board Member NISSAN Motors.
Leaf battery has 48 modules and each module cost about $1000 to produce*. That’s $48,000 JUST for the battery modules.
*Nissan says they will replace the modules for about $650; I was told it's due to "recycling"... They can do it for the lower amount due to MORE government subsidies. It’s a vicious circle.
(that’s 48K for JUST parts of
http://green.autoblog.com/2011/08/03/need-to-replace-a-nissan-leaf-battery-
hows-19-392-31-753-u/
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