Nissan to sell rebadged Leaf in China as Venucia e30

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Nissan has been given the green light to sell the Nissan Leaf electric car in China, according to the country’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Sales will start in September.

The EV won’t be known as the Nissan Leaf in China, but will be rebadged as the Venucia e30, Nissan’s Chinese JV partner Dongfeng announced. The e30 will be built at Dongfeng Nissan’s Huadu plant in Guangdong, a southern province. Local assembly means that the Venucia-badged Leaf will qualify for a government subsidy of 57,000 yuan (RM29,212) for electric cars.

EV pilot programmes have already started in Guangzhou, Xiangyang and Dalian, with a total of 300 of the electric vehicles recording a total mileage of one million kilometres since December 2013.

Nissans rebadged as Venucias in China is nothing new. The Leaf follows the path taken by the Nissan March (Venucia R30), and Nissan Latio (Venucia R50), among other models. The sub-brand is named after the Roman goddess Venus.

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Danny Tan loves driving as much as he loves a certain herbal meat soup, and sweet engine music as much as drum beats. He has been in the auto industry since 2006, previously filling the pages of two motoring magazines before joining this website. Enjoys detailing the experience more than the technical details.

 

Comments

  • Vader (Member) on Jun 10, 2014 at 10:13 am

    Poor Nissan Malaysia, plan to bring more to Malaysia unfortunately the “go-green” subsidy been removed and cause the car price shoot too high and not affordable by rakyat.

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    • kzm (Member) on Jun 10, 2014 at 12:54 pm

      they dont want assemble here…in china they assemble their leaf in china…

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  • All the other nations are moving forward and yet we are moving backwards.point to ponder.

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    • taboogen on Jun 10, 2014 at 10:45 am

      problem with Malaysian whining never stop. go find manufacture bring their tech here in Malaysia. build hybrid cars here.. can get cheaper car and job opportunities.. its a win win situation.. but hey we are selfish kind a people now a days. don’t really bother about others right.

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      • fast5 on Jun 10, 2014 at 11:08 am

        Electirc or petrol our normal local made or ckd cost extra expensive… somemore re-badge does same more expensive then other region…
        True fact TDM n proton will kill automotive industry in Malaysia…

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    • Car-Fans on Jun 10, 2014 at 10:53 am

      Ron – Simple coz … Some people not yet ready their “money making project” – Need to well plan it out first ….

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    • kzm (Member) on Jun 10, 2014 at 12:55 pm

      what the different between boleh n china…point to ponder oso
      1. boleh ask manufacturer to make their green car in boleh to get zero tax.
      2. china ask manufacturer to make their green car in china to qualify for subsidy.

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  • Car-Fans on Jun 10, 2014 at 10:52 am

    Really cannot understand what in our Gov brain?!? Other countries goes for Green Environment … Support Go-Green etc … but Malaysia not supporting such Go-Green! Weird ! Weird ! Weird !

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    • kzm (Member) on Jun 10, 2014 at 12:52 pm

      what the different between boleh n china…
      1. boleh ask manufacturer to make their green car in boleh to get zero tax.
      2. china ask manufacturer to make their green car in china to qualify for subsidy.

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    • kzm (Member) on Jun 10, 2014 at 1:08 pm

      not support? what i know if they assemble here they get zero tax..if the zero tax end they can apply for EEV to get lower tax..EEV oso mean supporting go-green u know…

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  • _xXx_ on Jun 10, 2014 at 6:38 pm

    china – 29k
    mesia – 169k

    ello Nissan, ko igt owg2 mesia petik uang dr langit ke?

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