Nissan started taking reservations for the all-electric Leaf back in August and the first person to place an order was apparently a San Francisco Bay Area man named Olivier Chalouhi.

The man has now received the first Leaf to be delivered to a general consumer. Chalouhi has said that he only intends to drive the Leaf about 20 miles per day and had a Level 2 charger installed in the house he rents. Autoblog Green reports that while the first Leaf has been delivered on time to Chalouhi, the delivery status on the bulk of Leaf deliveries to consumers is still a bit murky.

Autoblog Green reports that confusion over delivery dates reins at the My Nissan Leaf discussion forums and reports are coming in that Nissan will delay the launch of the Leaf in other countries. A statement from Nissan touting the delivery of the Leaf to Chalouhi noted, "This groundbreaking moment represents the first delivery of an affordable, mass-market, all-electric car since the first days of the automotive era." The statement added, "The San Francisco Bay Area events kicked off more than a week of festivities, as Nissan delivers the first Nissan LEAF vehicles to each of its primary launch markets in Southern California, Arizona, Oregon, Seattle and Tennessee." 

Nissan also said in the statement that it would reopen reservations of the Leaf in the first half of 2011 and would delay the launch of the Leaf in some additional markets to the second half of 2011.

The Leaf received an EPA fuel economy rating of 99 mpg.