"We've had to fulfill demand from one plant globally," Nissan North America Vice Chairman Bill Krueger told Bloomberg from the B-20 business summit in Los Cabos, Mexico.
Sales of the Leaf have stumbled through the first five months of this year, taking a back seat to extended-range EVs like the Chevrolet Volt and Toyota Prius Plug-In. Last month, Leaf sales fell 55 percent to just 510 vehicles, a far cry from the 1,680 Volts sold.
Nissan hasn't said just how limited Leaf supply is, but an informal search conducted by Leftlane on the automaker's consumer website showed plenty of examples listed as "in stock" at dealers spread across the country.
Nissan will continue building the Leaf in Oppama, Japan, but it will supply the Americas with Smyrna, Tennessee-built Leafs beginning in December. The Japanese automaker is set begin Leaf production in Sunderland, England, next year for the European market.
