Renault targets 200,000 EVs by 2015: report

subscribe

French carmaker Renault aims to produce more than 200,000 electric vehicles per year by 2015-2016, French paper La Tribune said, citing company sources.

At least 150,000 will be "Zoe" cars, which will be launched in mid-2012 using a modified version of the Clio platform, according to the article.

Renault says electric vehicles will account for a higher share of the group's overall production than the 5 percent estimated for the industry in 2015-2016, la Tribune added.

Renault declined to comment.

Related News

justin trudeau

Ottawa hands N.L. $5.2 billion for troubled Muskrat Falls hydro project

ST. JOHNS - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in Newfoundland and Labrador Wednesday to announce a $5.2-billion deal to help the province cover the costs of a troubled hydroelectric project ahead of an expected federal election call.

Trudeau's visit to St. John's, N.L., wrapped up a two-day tour of Atlantic Canada that featured several major funding commitments, and he concluded his day in Newfoundland and Labrador by announcing the province will become the fourth to strike a deal with Ottawa for a $10-a-day child-care program.

As he addressed reporters, the prime minister was flanked by the six Liberal members of Parliament from…

READ MORE
IAEA simulator

IAEA reactor simulators get more use during Covid-19 lockdown

READ MORE

Alberta creates fund to help communities hit by coal phase-out

READ MORE

concrete power poles

Chinese-built electricity poles plant inaugurated in South Sudan

READ MORE

russia china electricity trade

Russia to triple electricity supplies to China

READ MORE