Green cars continue to expand across Europe with reports suggesting that the Portuguese government has formed an alliance with Renault and Nissan to study what is needed to make electric cars available to drivers in its country.
An article in The Green Optimistic suggests that Renault and Nissan will study the infrastructure and organisations needed to create a country-wide network of electric car recharging stations. So far the lack of infrastructure has been the stumbling block for the popularity of electric cars to expand significantly as recharging could prove a logistical nightmare.
Renault and Nissan will also focus on marketing the concept, the alliance having already formed similar agreements as part of Project Better Place with the governments in both Denmark and Israel.
Project Better Place focuses on making electric cars a viable alternative to conventional transport methods around the world with the aim of creating a large network of recharging stations which electric car owners can then use to either swap out batteries or to recharge. The vehicles would be subsidised with electric car owners paying a subscription to take part in the network.
Israel was the first country to adopt the Project Better Place idea, with Denmark following. According to The Green Optimistic, Denmark is also currently producing wind power in excess of its needs and has plans to deliver free wind energy to other countries.
