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Renault leads e-mobility project

French car manufacturer Renault has joined forces with a host of companies to establish an e-mobility project in the Rhine-Ruhr region. The project’s aim is to integrate electric mobility into everyday traffic along the A40 motorway. Charging infrastructure will be built in the towns of Mulheim, Essen and Dortmund by mid-2011 and data will be collected [...]

Europcar charges up with Renault electric cars

It was just last year that the two companies signed a memorandum of understanding on electric vehicles – and now Europcar has pre-ordered a whopping 500 Renault electric vehicles. The cars will be delivered to Europe’s largest cities beginning in the third quarter of 2011 and will consist of the four show-cars that debuted at the [...]

Renault appears on Schindler’s list

Regular readers of our news section will be used to stories about the Renault-Nissan Alliance signing partnerships with governments, cities and utility companies around the world to further its electric vehicle push. However, the latest partner for Renault is quite different – this time the French carmaker is teaming with global elevator company Schindler. The two companies [...]

Renault-Nissan forms electric car partnership in Orlando

Having already established numerous partnerships with governments and municipalities around the world, the Renault-Nissan Alliance has added another high profile city to its list of partners. This time it is the turn of Orlando and the Orlando Utilities Commission which have agreed to join the Alliance in promoting the development of an electric vehicle charging network, [...]

Renault-Nissan brings electric car charging to hotels

If electric cars are to move beyond being a niche product and become mainstream it’s paramount to develop electric car charging infrastructure – something that Renault-Nissan is taking the lead on. Nissan Motor Company Ltd has now signed a memorandum of understanding with All Japan Ryokan Association to develop charging infrastructure in hotels affiliated with the [...]

Renault launches eco2 business model

Furthering its rapidly developing environmental image, Renault has launched the new eco2 business model for its customers in France. According to the criteria, all models under the Renault eco2 banner must have CO2 emissions of less than 140g/km or be powered by biofuel; be produced in an ISO 14001 certified plant; and be 95 per cent [...]

Is the electric car revolution finally here? The Green Piece

How times have changed. If anything was learned from this year’s North American International Auto Show in Detroit it was that the motoring industry is not what it used to be. Attendees in previous years may have fond memories of the deafening music, smoke and dancing girls that accompanied a new model. However, at this year’s [...]

Renault releases greenest car yet

Renault’s alliance with Nissan may well mean that the two are making progress towards a cleaner tomorrow through the development of electric cars, but with nothing due to hit the roads until 2011, what about today? Well, Renault has the answer, introducing its cleanest ever Clio, in fact its cleanest production car full stop, set to [...]

Fourteen major cities form electric vehicle network

While the world’s leaders debate climate change at the Copenhagen summit, 14 major cities have come together to form the C40 Electric Vehicle Network at the Climate Summit for Mayors in the Danish capital. The initial members of the network will be: Bogota, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Copenhagen, Delhi, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, [...]

Renault-Nissan signs up for more electric partnerships

The Renault-Nissan Alliance has now formed partnerships with more than 40 governments, cities and other organisations around the world after adding two more projects to its list. Nissan has signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly promote zero emission mobility with the Japanese city of Kita-Kyushu; while the Alliance has formed a partnership with the State [...]