French energy giant EDF Energy is continuing to put its weight behind the development of green cars.
First it formed a partnership with Renault to develop zero-emission transport (which you can read about here), and now it has formed a partnership with PSA Peugeot Citroen to support the development of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids.
The agreement covers several technological programmes including the definition of business models capable of driving commercial development of electric cars; new energy storage technologies including lithium-ion batteries; and vehicle recharging systems and protocols. The latter will place the focus on a network to communicate during recharging and the standardisation of these systems.
EDF, which is Europe’s biggest electricity producer, predominantly uses nuclear and hydroelectric generation resources for an electricity supply that is 95 per cent carbon dioxide (CO2) free.
It is now leading the way in helping to introduce infrastructure for electric cars to be recharged by, having worked with Toyota during the trial of its Prius plug-in hybrid in London earlier this year.
