Through the second quarter of this 12 months, Nissan delivered 172,612 automobiles, which is 38.4% lower than a 12 months in the past. A worrying signal is that the lower in gross sales accelerated in comparison with the primary quarter.

Sadly, additionally the all-electric Nissan LEAF famous a big lower in deliveries. Final quarter, 3,251 LEAFs have been delivered, which is 32.3% lower than a 12 months in the past.

That is about 1.9% of the overall Nissan model gross sales in Q2 (5.0% of passenger automobiles), however the quantity is much under what we noticed within the LEAF’s finest years.

Up to now this 12 months, Nissan LEAF gross sales amounted to 7,622 (down 1.4% in comparison with 2021).

Cumulatively, Nissan bought 173,332 LEAFs within the US since December 2010 and is slowly transferring in the direction of a milestone of 200,000.

It implies that as soon as the all-new Nissan Ariya arrives, it would fairly rapidly set off the federal tax credit score phase-out (at 200,000) – almost definitely in some unspecified time in the future in 2023.

Nissan Ariya reservations opened in November (see specs of the Ariya right here), for the market scheduled for Fall 2022. Nevertheless, most lately, Nissan stopped taking orders for the 2023 Ariya as a result of demand already exceeded anticipated provide.

In the meantime, the 2023 mannequin 12 months LEAF beginning costs elevated by $400 and trims/specs modified a bit in comparison with 2022.

Let’s check out the provide:

Costs

Primary specs

* estimated/unofficial values