More money for green cars in France: $8,663 cash incentive for EVs: "The base Renault Zoe, available this Autumn, will start below €21,000 (battery not included), but the new bonus will push that price below €14,000."
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More money for green cars in France: $8,663 cash incentive for EVs: "The base Renault Zoe, available this Autumn, will start below €21,000 (battery not included), but the new bonus will push that price below €14,000."
Last edited by Kevin Sharpe; 07-27-2012 at 10:10 AM. Reason: typo
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Second generation in 2017. LG batteries.
Partnership with LG Chem: Renault reaffirms its support for an EV electrics industry in France - media.renault.com
Wow. Ditching the Nissan in-house battery for the same supplier as my Ampera. I wonder if the LEAF overheat issues had an influence on that?
Is the ZOE currently using AESC batteries? From the website this makes it sound as if the ZOE and Twizzy are already using LG Chem:
Renault is the only manufacturer to offer a full range of four electric vehicles: Kangoo Z.E., Fluence Z.E. (with AESC* batteries), Twizy and ZOE (with LG Chem batteries).
Le Figaro - Flash Eco : Renault Flins : LG produira les batteriesOriginally Posted by dpeilow
"Nissan batteries are not "so much so that Renault thought," said a person familiar with the matter, quoted today by the newspaper, which speaks of a "missed big politico-industrial". "
The reason for denying their own batteries must be important.
No, Twizy and Zoe uses now LG.Is the ZOE currently using AESC batteries?
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I remember hearing Carlos Ghosn commenting that the reason they went to produce their own battery is that at the time there were no serious automotive battery production capacity online. Plus, they wanted to make sure no supplier captures an extraordinarily high margin from a specific essential part of the EV.
Today there are more battery manufacturers, and if the price is right, there is no reason to prefer the in house battery. The in house battery technology is there mostly to make sure you have a fall back position in case the supplier tries to rip you off, or is incapable of producing the goods.
Last edited by edwargo; 08-07-2012 at 04:14 AM.
The Renault Zoë will be at Ecomobiel, an alternative fuel fair in Rotterdam on october 9th and 10th.
Last year they had a small test track, but I am not sure it will be available for test drives.
http://www.ecomobiel.nl/nieuws/item/items/renaultzoe/
Hy Adm,
can you please ask them if test drives are possible ? ... your dutch is better then mine ..
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I talked to the Renault dealer in Aalsmeer yesterday, and she told me that test drive (real ones, not just on circuit) will happen only in December. It was first promised to them by Renault HQ in september, then october and now it is December. Apparently Renault is having issues with the infotainment system of the Zoe that need to be fixed and tested first.
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