MOTOR SHOW: Renault Launches Electric Car Concepts
September 15 2009 - 6:45AM
Dow Jones News
French car maker Renault SA Tuesday revealed four electric
concept cars that it hopes will put the company at the forefront of
the drive towards this technology.
Launching the concepts at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Chief
Executive Carlos Ghosn said he expects electric cars to make up 10%
of total global car volumes by 2010.
Renault's concepts for the market are the Twizy city car, the
Zoe, the Fluence family car and the Kangoo zero-emissions people
carrier.
Ghosn said he expects the Twizy concept to go into production in
the second half of 2011, while the Zoe will be launched mid-2012.
The Fluence will be the first to be launched, hitting the market in
the first half of 2011. Renault has decided to launch the car in
Israel.
He said that Renault, and sister company Nissan Motor Co.
(7201.TO) had developed three charging solutions for its electric
cars - standard, fast charge and "battery switch".
-By Steve McGrath, Dow Jones Newswires; 44-20-7842-9284;
steve.mcgrath@dowjones.com