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Renault-Nissan, EDF to Test EVs in Paris, New Partnership in Italy

03 July, 2009 12:17:00

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The Renault-Nissan Alliance and EDF will launch of a large-scale electric vehicle test in the Paris region.

Under the terms of the agreement signed last year, the two partners plan to test the development of electric mobility for the first time in France during real-life trials in the Paris region.

For one year from September 2010, consumers, professionals and local government employees will try out 100 electric Renault-Nissan Alliance passenger cars and light commercial vehicles.

They will be able to use a charging infrastructure at home, at the workplace, in car parks and on the public highway. The experiment has been made possible by a technical and financial partnership between all the public and private parties involved.

The Alliance also signed a memorandum of understanding with Italy’s A2A, an energy company that is the main electricity supplier in Lombardy.

The project, for which the pilot phase (2010) will concern the cities of Milan and Brescia in the first instance, makes provision for a partnership between the Renault-Nissan Alliance and A2A to:

- build recharging infrastructure. To this end, A2A is discussing agreements with technology partners to provide recharging points or terminals in public places, company car parks, homes, etc.;

- define and trial innovative electronic payment services in order to provide easy access to the recharging service;

- train and educate consumers on the use of electric vehicles and their benefits in terms of environmental protection, low fuel consumption and operating costs for the customer;

- work with the authorities on implementing incentive measures that will encourage consumers to buy and use electric vehicles.

The Renault-Nissan Alliance plan to use the full-scale trial to test the usage and performance of their future electric vehicles.

The first field trials will take place in 2010 with a fleet of electric vehicles that will gradually be made available. The vehicles will be identical to the series-produced models scheduled for launch at the start of 2011.

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