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All Electric, Zero Emissions, Nissan Leaf to cost about $25,000

Nissan Leaf dashboard1 150x150 All Electric, Zero Emissions, Nissan Leaf to cost about $25,000

Nissan Leaf Dashboard

Nissan revealed its retail pricing for the 100% electric Nissan Leaf at $32,780, which after the $7,500 federal tax credit will bring the price down to $25,280.  Some states also offer an additional state tax incentive which would bring the price down even further.  For example, California offers a $5,000 tax incentive towards the purchase of an electric vehicle.  The Leaf will be sold with a home charging station which run about $2,200 installed.  Nissan plans to offer a 36 month lease at $349 per month with $1, 999 down.

General Motors to Make Second Loan Payment of $1 Billion to the U.S.

2011 Chevrolet Volt 150x150 General Motors to Make Second Loan Payment of $1 Billion to the U.S.

2011 Chevrolet Volt by General Motors

General Motors Co. said it will make its second loan payment to the U.S. and Canadian Government on March 31st and reaffirmed their plan to pay back the loans by mid year.

GM will make a payment of $1 billion to the U.S. Treasury on the way to paying back $6.7 billion. At the same time General Motors will send $192 million toward paying off its Canadian loan of $1.4 billion. The first payments to the U.S. Treasury and Canadian government were made in December of 2009.