While the Australian Government is pouring billions of dollars of taxpayers’ money into helping local manufacturers like Holden, Toyota and Ford develop hybrid petrol-electric versions of popular vehicle models, 100% importer Nissan is shooting ahead on the all-electric front. Nissan put its electric plug-in ‘Leaf’ on show in Sydney in March 2010 and has since announced pricing for it in the US ahead of release there in 2011. While the US price tab will be about 10% higher than the hybrid market pioneer and leader, the Toyota Prius, generous federal and some state rebates to encourage plug-in uptake could make the on-the-road cost lower (roughly about $AUD27,000). The ‘Leaf’ is expected to debut in the Australian market in 2012. Click here for more…..
Plug-in electric cars set to upset hybrids
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