I see the China announcement not as "if" but "when"
My organization could use five of these wheelchair taxi's if they were available in North America.
http://www.lvcmobility.co.uk/nissan-combi.php
The NV-200 is already in north America with a wheelchair conversion ( was selected as standard taxi for New York City). The electric version available in Europe already has the range we need. unfortunately there is no word if the electric version will come to North America.
I have been doing research and a full recharge (AKA tank of gas) is roughly one eighth a tank of gasoline. This is significant when you burn a half tank every day.