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Renault signs partnership to bring EVs to Turkey

Renault is to help establish a network of recharging points in the Turkish city of Istanbul. Istanbul Enerji, a subsidiary of the Istanbul Metropolitan  Municipality, and the French carmaker have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to implement a program for expanding the use of electric cars in the country’s biggest city.  The partnership program will [...]

Renault-Nissan Alliance establishes new partner

India is the next stop for the Renault-Nissan Alliance after it signed a memorandum of understanding with Bajaj Auto Ltd. The companies will work together on an innovative four-wheel product for the Indian market and other emerging countries. They initially agreed to work together back in November last year but have been working on an [...]

Renault previews new electric concept car

Take a look at the brand new electric concept car (below) from Renault scheduled to be launched at this year’s Paris Motor Show. The dazzling concept is known as DeZir – a direct reference to Renault’s ZE signature for its forthcoming electric vehicles. Powered by an electric motor mounted in a mid-rear position to optimise [...]

Renault signs clean vehicle agreement in France

Having established various partnerships around the world, Renault has now turned to its home country for its latest green vehicle agreement. The French manufacturer will team with the CEA (French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission) to work on electric vehicles, new energies and cleaner combustion engines. The CEA is funded by the French government [...]

Car Manufacturers fall in love for a greener future. The Green Piece

Tuesday 15 June. The Green Piece Column. The highly competitive world of car manufacturing isn’t exactly the environment in which you’d expect relationships to be formed. However, since car making has gone green it seems manufacturers are lining up to be each other’s BFF. Last week, Swedish manufacturer Saab declared its intention to find a [...]

Renault-Nissan finds another electric car partner

With partnerships now formed with more than 60 governments, cities, and other organisations around the world, it can be an exhausting task trying to keep track of the Renault-Nissan Alliance’s various electric car agreements. However, now you can add another to the list. The Alliance has formed a partnership with the city of Wellington in [...]

Renault-Nissan bids to take over another automaker

The Renault-Nissan Alliance is already making significant in-roads into the electric vehicle market – and now it may be about to become an even greater force in the market. The company has submitted a letter of intent to acquire South Korean automaker Ssangyong Motor Company with a Renault spokesman informing Dow Jones newswires that its [...]

Renault to make ‘200,000 electric cars by 2015’

French brand Renault has set a target to produce more than 200,000 electric vehicles per year by 2015/16, a French national paper reports. According to La Tribune, which quoted unnamed company sources, the French carmaker aims to produce at least 150,000 of its ‘Zoe’ electric supermini models by the middle of 2012. Although Renault has [...]

Renault plant to set new standard in environmental impact

Renault’s brand new Tangier plant, which is set to start up in early 2012 with annual capacity of 170,000 vehicles, is expected to establish new standards in low environmental impact. The plant will enjoy CO2 emission reductions of 98 per cent – the equivalent of around 135,000 tons a year with no industrial waste water [...]

Renault-Nissan Alliance to take electric vehicles to Portugal

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 [...]