Nissan May Not be Talking, But Others are Spilling the Beans on the LEAF Battery Price

Discussion in 'Nissan/Infiniti Hybrids and EVs' started by Cacti, May 15, 2010.

  1. Cacti

    Cacti Poleikleng

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    #1 Cacti, May 15, 2010
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  2. efusco

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    More, and perhaps more telling quote from the article which is really a summary of a couple other articles all put together:
     
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    Let's see..

    $15000 vehicle.
    $11000 battery
    $??? R&D Amortization ($1000 based on 500,000 vehicle sales over 5-yrs?)
    $??? Marketing/Adv..($500?)
    $800-ish Transport
    $1000 Dealer costs
    $2500 8% Gross margin to Nissan
    ====================== Invoice price to dealer
    $??? Dealer profit.. ($2000 Typically )

    $32750 MSRP
     
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  4. hill

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    Well you forgot to amortize in an amount for all the Jim Sikes/nut jobs out there who can't drive, yet want to blame the manufacturer, ie; legal. That'll jack another 25% into the equation.

    ;)
     
    #4 hill, May 15, 2010
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    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    Interesting....
     
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  6. DaveinOlyWA

    DaveinOlyWA 3rd Time was Solariffic!!

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    as volume increases, prices will go down. its good that Nissan is working an end to end solution to manufacture their own batteries. hopefully their cost calculations are accurate
     
    #6 DaveinOlyWA, May 15, 2010
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    LOL...nice try...read the prior post again and you will see that the $15,000 is 'components' ONLY, not labor. So you have to factor in the labor to build the car...so there's no way the dealer is going to make anywhere near $2000...more like $200-300.
     
    #7 leaffan, May 16, 2010
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    I hope Nissan is not trying to go the inkjet printer strategy.
    Give the Leaf away and make money on the replacement battery.
     
    #8 bedrock8x, May 16, 2010
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