Renault Zoe ZE

[Norbert]

Green Car Congress: Renault features production version of ZOE, Twizy EV at Geneva

This article has a bunch of technical detail...

[dpeilow]

Interesting they say there are several levels of battery lease. I specifically checked with the guy when he said just one price level per month.

[widodh]

The ZOE still seems like a great 2nd car If it gets a great range with the 22kWh battery it would be ideal for driving locally and mid-range distances.

I still like their idea of putting a 43kW charger on-board!

Can't wait to go to Geneva!

[Mitrovic]

For me, the Zoe is the star of Geneva. Brilliant! Buy it!

[EVNow]

Number of reservations they get in the first couple of days should tell the story.

This is what Leaf got in the US ...

6,000 in the first 2 days @ 3,000/day
3,000 in the next 22 days @ 135/day
3,000 in the next 3 days @ 1,000/day
6,000 in the next 85 days @ 70/day.
1,000 in the next 28 days @ 35/day

[ckessel]

First I've looked the car. Great price, great job deferring battery cost with the lease, 4 door, range is great for a city/commuter. This seems like it'll really compete for the market with the 40kwh Model S unless the buyer wants the size of a Model S.

[eledille]

For the record, the Zoe charger does not support 230 V three phase Isolated Terra. My understanding is that 230 V isn't the problem, but IT requires different earthing which the charger does not currently have.

The changes to be able to support both IT and TN mostly have to do with earthing and neutral, but may involve earth noise suppression and overvoltage protection. I hope Renault will find it worthwhile to make it work with 230 V IT too. However, it's better than CHAdeMO anyway as those chargers also require TN.

[Kevin Sharpe]

this car is amazing....

[Kevin Sharpe]

[dpeilow]

Great photos Kevin. We were forbidden from lifting the bonnet, you may have an exclusive there!

Today I spoke with a more knowledgable girl from Renault who said that the Euro 80 / month lease is targetting 12k km pa, whereas 20k km will likely be Euro 20 / month more. They will send more details later in the year.