Renault is celebrating winning a bid for an order for 15,637 Kangoo ZE electric vans from 19 French public authorities.
Out of the order, 10,000 vans are for postal service La Poste, 1,500 for electricity suppliers ERDF, 1,200 for central purchasing authority UGAP, 510 for environmental services firm Veolia Environnement, 450 for electricity firm GDF-Suez and 330 for engineering firm Spie.
The call for bids was initiated 18 months ago by the public authorities, which called on La Poste chairman Jean-Paul Bailly to form a group of orders from large companies interested in acquiring electric vehicles. The invitation to tender was entrusted to the public procurement organisation UGAP.
The Renault Kangoo ZE models, the first range of full-electric vans, have been available to order in France across the entire Renault network since September. It will be making its first appearance at more than 370 dealerships in France today, followed by gradual launch in all European countries.
J Stoll, executive vice president, sales and marketing & light commercial vehicles said: “This success by Renault confirms the relevance of our electric vehicle offering – products and services alike – with business customers. The 19 large companies acquiring Kangoo ZE were attracted to its intrinsic qualities and by our original business model, based in particular on battery rental. I would like to warmly thank the customers in the call for bids that placed their trust in us and the Renault employees that made this possible.”
