Having already announced that Portugal will be one of the first two countries in Europe to receive its all electric compact family car in December, the Nissan LEAF, the Renault-Nissan Alliance has now made another electric mobility partnership in the country.
The Alliance will team with the Portuguese consortium MOBI.E Tech after a letter of intent was signed committing the two parties to studying the promotion of electric mobility using the MOBI.E model, the charging system being deployed by the consortium.
MOBI.E will actually make charging stations available to all electric vehicles and will have stations installed across the country in venues ranging from shopping centres to hotels, airports and petrol stations. The network will have normal charging points capable or charging an electric vehicle in six-eight hours using wind energy produced during the night; while also boasting rapid charging points that can charge an electric vehicle in less than 30 minutes.
Users will only need an identification card to access the network.
The initiative follows on from Renault-Nissan’s agreement to implement a nationwide electric mobility programme in the country in 2008. This involves 1,300 charging points by 2011 and the supply of electric vehicles to the country beginning with the Nissan LEAF in December, 2010.
