Project Better Place & Renault-Nissan to electrify Israel
The automaker Renault announced today that it has teamed up with the French EDF to build a huge infrastructure of electric vehicle, from France, in order to make electric cars a viable and attractive in 2011 Partners jointly develop a commercial project, open to third parties, which is spread and maintenance of charging stations, eventually creating what called Renault electric mobility operator to manage the system French President Nicolas Sarkozy approved the project in today ' hui Paris motor show and added that the French government, which owns 85 percent of EDF and 15 percent of Renault, will contribute about 400 million 546 million in the development of electric and hybrid vehicles.
Interestingly, the startup Better Place electric infrastructure has not been mentioned in this announcement Renault and EDF say the project will be open to third parties and the absence of details concerning the operator did we ask Palo Alto, California -Based company Better Place is of course suitable for the role and start-up said in his own statement, he is very excited about the news, and is already in talks with Renault and EDF to help not only to this project in France, but to develop a pan-European electric vehicle network.
Sarkozy met Better Place idea earlier this year during a visit to Israel, where he met with Israeli President Shimon Peres and Better Place Shai Agassi Founder and CEO and took a better place EV for a spin.
France will become one of the first markets to see the all-electric Renault deals with Israel and Denmark, where the automaker treats Better Place and Portugal, and Tennessee and the Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan, where Renault has established similar partnerships with the authorities and local public services the first models will be an electric version of Kangoo and Renault electric sedan to be seen again called fluence.
New solidifies the vision of the Renault-Nissan automotive future Together they are the fourth largest world car manufacturer, and their co-CEO and president Carlos Ghosn wants its companies to be leaders in zero-emission vehicles; he said he believed that pure electrics are the way forward the project director Serge Renault EV Yoccoz believes that electric cars could take 10 to 15 percent of the European market by 2015.
Update Shai Agassi blasted Chevrolet's foray into electric cars this week, telling the Wall Street Journal The Volt is a car that costs 20,000 40,000 There will be a global car online niche product executive for GM Chevy Volt Frank Weber replied in kind, telling the MIT Technology Review believes that Renault's electric commuter cars are a niche product and that electric vehicles are a good choice to be niche automotive derogatory term of the day.
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