Nissan Leaf Delivered to First Customer
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A driver is San Francisco is now the world’s first owner of Nissan’s new electric car, the Leaf. The U.S. delivery came days before the car’s Japanese launch. Nissan last night called it “the first delivery of an affordable, mass-market, all-electric car since the first days of the automotive era.”
The lucky owner is one Olivier Chalouhi, a Bay Area-based technology entrepreneur. Chalouhi seems pretty satisfied with his purchase thus far, telling the press, “It’s great on the highway. When you accelerate, it sounds like you have a jet engine or a turbine under the hood… You have to hear it–it’s very futuristic.”
The five-seater goes on sale in Japan on December 20th. Here in the U.S., pre-orders have already old out. More of those vehicles will be delivered this week in California, Arizon, Oregon, and Washington state.
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