Akihabara News (Tokyo) — Nissan Motor has repeatedly delayed the launch of its fully-electric sports utility vehicle Ariya, citing problems in the supply chain.
It is now nearly a year since the successor to the venerable Nissan Leaf was supposed to have launched, and the latest projected date for the offering within Japan is now May 12.
The supply chain problems include, but may not be limited to, the global shortage of semiconductors, which has dogged much of the world’s automakers over the past couple years.
The Nissan Leaf had been the best-selling plug-in-electric car of all time until 2020, when it was finally surpassed by the Tesla Model 3. The Japanese automaker had thus gotten out to a global lead in electric vehicles in the early 2010s, only to forfeit its position by failing to follow up with any new offerings.
The Ariya is supposed to be Nissan’s belated effort to get back in the electric vehicle market, but its release, originally set for mid-2021, has still not been achieved.
According to current information, Ariya sales are expected to begin in Europe in the summer and in the United States in the autumn.
With a 100% electric powertrain, the Ariya is billed as having powerful acceleration and smooth, quiet operation. It has an estimated range of up to 610 kilometers.
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