Carlos Ghosn says the Leaf will NOT be built it it’s not profitable. Other’s have said NISSAN has to sell 500,000 just to break even.
It cost NISSAN 80K to make a Leaf & they sell the car for 33k. To the average eye NOW it looks like a Ponzi scheme.
NISSAN has been secretive about the battery cost for a reason
Sharyn Bovat worked with top NISSAN and Renault executives. They did NOT want anyone to know details of the EV (some used code words). Others at NISSAN communicated to Sharyn that the Leaf was “built to fail” & that NISSAN would go bankrupt “if” the Leaf succeeded.
The retail price of the Leaf is $33,000 the federal subsidies are $7,500 some states are adding an EXTRA $2,500 - $5,000 of incentives.
The NISSAN Leaf is 65% to 75% subsidized.
NISSAN says the “average” income for Leaf owners is OVER $140,000.
Sharyn Bovat blogged before the DOE loan closed that the “Leaf would fail” and she’s suffered retaliation in asking NISSAN for transparency in reference to the federal DOE loan that NISSANwas granted for 1.4 Billion by the DOE to create an EV battery plant in Smyrna Tennessee.
The bank used to obtain the DOE taxpayer funded "cash" is a US government bank that was created to give loans to the Veteran’s and Post Office & is notorious for NOT getting repaid.
??? Why is a bank created for American interest being used for a FOREIGN company that does business with IRAN.
NISSAN partners with Renault & Renault does business in Iran. Car sales for Renault have increased 70% this year.
NISSAN shares technology with Renault.
Iran is sending weapons to KILL American soldiers.
Back to the economic issue:
NISSAN has only sold about 7000 Leafs in America and about 12,000 worldwide.
When asking for DOE money Carlos Ghosn said that “by 2012” there would be 100,000.
NISSAN will not give out the statistics on “who’s buying the Leafs”.
Insiders told me most Leaf sales are in Los Angeles, due to the HOV sticker. Those in the CA government ODDLY determined that GM’s Chevy Volt would NOT qualify for the “fast lane” status and many people are buying the Leaf as “fast pass”. NISSAN lobbied politicians to secure an advantage.
NISSAN executives told Sharyn Bovat that when the Volt gets the California HOV status Leaf sales will TANK!!!
For over 2 years Sharyn Bovat has blogged about bad spending in reference to the DOE funded project.
The NISSAN Whistleblower was told Nissan's operating margins are so low that NISSAN willNOT be able to "repay the DOE loan".
A member of NISSAN management contacted Sharyn Bovat worried that “if” NISSAN had to pay back the loans than those in management wound not see a bonus for decades. He was offered a job with another manufacturer and asked Sharyn “what he should I do”.
Congress NEEDS to get an “update” from NISSAN on “how the project is going”. American’s deserve ALL the statistics on who’s buying the NISSAN Leaf.
My name is Sharyn Bovat I’m an American taxpayer and I want Bill Krueger the Vice Chairman ofNISSAN to answer these questions:
???’s for NISSAN
Bill Krueger says NISSAN is on the verge of hiring employees for the battery plant.
It was communicated to the NISSAN Whistleblower the “plant is delayed”.
??? When will the DOE approved taxpayer financed battery plant will be ready
??? EXACTLY how many jobs will be created with this DOE project?
??? EXACTLY when will the new NISSAN employees start work?
If Bill Krueger says 1,300 are hired (the number Ghosn’s people told the DOE) then the NISSANbattery DOE project will ONLY cost the taxpayers $1,000,000 per job created. Let’s hope there LONG TERM jobs. I was told most likely NOT hire to capacity and jobs would be 300-400 at BEST. Bringing the cost to $3,000,000 per job created. Sounds like LOTS of problems for the Obama administration.
Sharyn Bovat has blogged that NISSAN is using battery technology from the 90’s & was created in California during the C.A.R.B. days.
Experts told the NISSAN Whistleblower the "real range" of the leaf will be 60 miles per charge in 2 years. IN 2009 Congress was told the EV’s range was 100. The reality is between 70-75 miles per charge. ALSO!!! that is in certain driving conditions. Cold weather and use of AC will limit the range.
Peace and Respect
Sharyn Bovat
615-415-6675
Honda Fit EV to be leased for a price of $389. That is "what" the Leaf should be. Obviously NISSAN is using part of the 1.4 Billion to "subsidize the Leaf lease price.
Oct 08, 2012
