Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Manufacturing/Plants, Renault, Better Place
Renault Fluence ZE concept - click above for high res image galleryRenault will produce the electric version of Fluence (earlier post) at the OYAK-Renault Bursa plant in Turkey. Production will start in the first half of 2011.
Renault has now revealed the four production sites for its future EV range. (Earlier post.) The city car previewed by Zoé Z.E. [...]
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Miyazaki Prefecture signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to initiate a joint-study to implement all the necessary conditions for the mass introduction of electric vehicles, primarily focused on the following areas:
Educational program Promote EVs in the Business Sector Promote mass adoption of EVs Impact Assessment StudyMass adoption [...]
The Nissan-Renault alliance is making a major push to accelerate the adoption of fully electric vehicles despite persistent skepticism the public - and the world's vehicle infrastructure - is ready to adopt such a paradigm shift, says the alliance's chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn in a guest editorial at Edmunds.com's [...]
In America, we tend to think of Renault as that wacky French outfit responsible for the Le Car craze of the 1970s and 80s. But in fact, the company has been doing some very interesting work on the EV front, thanks largely to its partnership with Nissan. In [...] 
French automaker confirms production of the zero-emissions city van in 2011. [...] 
French automaker will team with Indian partner Bajaj on a low-cost small car for India that could undercut Tata's $2,500 baby car. [...] 
The French automaker will apply its former sporting badge initially to new versions of the Twingo and Clio compacts. [...] 
Filed under: Classics, Performance, Europe, Hatchback, Renault
French automaker Renault will take on Tata Motors' Nano, currently billed as the world's cheapest car, with "an ultra low-cost" car designed by Renault and built by its partner in India, Bajaj Auto beginning in 2012, a year later than originally planned.
"The cost of this car will be lower [...]
Filed under: Budget, Plants/Manufacturing, Nissan, Renault, India, Tata
Filed under: Etc., EV/Plug-in, Renault
Following the founding of the Renault ParisTech Sustainable Mobility Institute last September, Renault has developed a website to promote sustainable development and educate the public on its various aspects: www.sustainablemobility.
The site looks at new concepts such as car-sharing, multi-modality, new behaviors, and “soft” mobility. The aim of www.sustainable-mobility.org is to [...]
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Renault, Europe/EU
Kangoo be bop Z.E. - Click above for high-res image gallery
Speaking at a World Economic Forum in New Delhi, Carlos Ghosn -- head of Nissan Motor Company and Renault SA -- had some interesting things to say about the global auto industry. Among the most notable and encouraging items, Ghosn believes that the international sales slump has ended [...] Renault has decided to produce the future electric, zero-emission version of its Kangoo Express LCV at M.C.A. (Maubeuge Carrosserie Automobile), in northern France, starting in the first half of 2011.
The electric vehicle will be built on the same production line as the internal combustion variants. The new version will [...]
