Nissan Australia is putting its customers through a test to decide who gets to buy the Nissan Leaf

As far as I know, there are no long lines of customers at dealerships Nissan around the world waiting to buy the Nissan Leaf. Even so, the Australian subsidiary of the Japanese brand has chosen a different path, even though the times are a bit tough for selling electric cars, putting potential buyers to the test.

So much has been said about whether electric cars are useful or not that, it seems, they want to make sure every customer of the Nissan Leaf in those parts goes home happy with their new car and doesn’t come back shortly afterwards dissatisfied because the car doesn’t deliver the range they expected. For this reason, Nissan Australia has introduced a test with some questions that every potential customer must answer correctly in order to buy the coveted Leaf.

In this test, the candidate will be asked about how they intend to use the car, whether they will drive on highways or in urban routes, and whether they have every guarantee that the home electrical installation won’t turn into a festival of fireworks and flames when charging the batteries. They are also asked whether the charging operation will take place directly on the street or inside each user’s parking space.

Naturally, to pass the test it will be necessary to answer correctly (correctly, according to Nissan’s criteria) all the questions and thus receive a certificate that accredits them as a potential buyer of the car. Unfortunately, those who do not have a properly installed home charging point, or who say they drive many kilometres a day, seem to be rejected by the brand, so it is unclear who Nissan is more concerned about: the safety of its customers or preventing damage to the car’s commercial image.

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