That prediction from the President of Nissan Canada, Alan Childs, who paid his first visit to Saint John last week.
He tells CHSJ News the volatility of gas prices is uppermost in the minds of drivers these days.
Nissan will start mass marketing its electric car late this summer and fall.
Childs concedes tax incentives will be needed in the short term to persuade buyers to take the plunge.
Ontario and Quebec are offering 85 hundred dollars in tax benefits to electric car buyers.
