Nissan Braces for a Falling Leaf: EV's sales expected to plunge when Georgia's tax credit ends

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Sales of Nissan's Leaf electric vehicle plummeted by a third in May from a year ago - and more problems are coming. Atlanta, which Nissan has identified as the Leaf's hottest market, faces a steep falloff in demand after July 1 when Georgia's up to $5,000 state tax credit for EV purchases disappears. Scott Middleton, sales manager at Town Center Nissan in Kennesaw, Ga., northwest of Atlanta, says he expects his monthly Leaf sales to drop to five to eight starting in July from about 100 now.