2011 Nissan Leaf EV Production Run Taken!

"We think there is a big future for this car," said CEO Carlos Ghosn said at a Detroit Economic Club event. "I can already tell you that the production for 2010 is already sold out."

That's rather impressive, considering some 13,000 examples of the electric Leaf were allocated to the U.S. market, and Nissan only opened its $99 reservation program last month. Perhaps pricing had something to do with it — a Leaf starts at $32,780, but a federal tax incentive will drop that figure to roughly $26,000.

Early production models will be imported from Japan, but Nissan is expected to break ground later this week on a new facility in Smyrna, Tennessee, that will ultimately build both battery packs and Leaf vehicles for North America come 2013.

The early demand for the Leaf is certainly encouraging to Nissan, but will customer demand remain high in the years to come? Only time will tell, but what say you? Do you have any interest in picking up a new Leaf?

Source: The Detroit Free Press