{"id":40662,"date":"2014-03-18T10:02:08","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T14:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=39579"},"modified":"2014-03-18T10:02:08","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T14:02:08","slug":"nissan-renault-likely-topple-2020-electric-car-sales-target-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/nissan-renault-likely-topple-2020-electric-car-sales-target-early\/","title":{"rendered":"Nissan & Renault Likely To Topple 2020 Electric Car Sales Target Early"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nissan Leafs in Barcelona, Spain.
Image Credit: Zachary Shahan<\/a> \/ EV Obsession<\/a> \/ CleanTechnica<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nissan — along with its partner Renault — appears to be well on track to meeting (or surpassing) its electric car sales goal for 2020, based on the most recent numbers from the company.<\/p>\n

Currently, the two companies have together sold about 10% of the goal of 1.5 million units by 2020 — of this, more than 100,000 of the units sold have been of the very popular Nissan LEAF. Given that the two companies only started selling EVs just a couple of years ago, the numbers aren’t bad — and they have been rising steadily.<\/p>\n

While the most recent sales increases have largely been down to improvements to the vehicles (improved range, lower price), the Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/a> notes that “increasing pressure to meet tougher emissions standards could work in Renault-Nissan’s favor” — potentially further boosting sales.<\/p>\n

While both Nissan and Renault have in the past revised their projected electric car sales estimates downwards, it’s looking increasingly unlikely that that will be necessary this time — the industry appears to be picking up some steam finally.<\/p>\n