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Globally, Nissan has sold 38,000 Leafs so far this year and is on target to reach expectations of 40,000, he said. About 70 percent of Leaf sales in the U.S. are purchases, with the rest leases, he said. The discounts are on 2012 models. The 2013 models won't be at dealers until early next year, when Nissan begins producing them at a factory in Tennessee, Reuter said. He also said Nissan has bought back two Leafs from customers in Arizona, where the company has received complaints that the batteries aren't holding as much electricity as they did when they were purchases. If the batteries don't hold as much electricity, the cars can't go as far on a charge. But Reuter said all lithium-ion batteries, including those that power other electric cars and consumer electronics, lose capacity over time. The cars that were replaced had thousands of miles on them and the battery storage capacity loss was normal, he said.
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