The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi automotive alliance announced that its member companies sold a combined total of 10,608,366 units in the 12 months to 31 December 2017. Growing demand for SUVs, light commercial vehicles and a rising number ...
The Renault-Nissan Alliance will supply a fleet of 200 electric vehicles (EVs) for the United Nation's COP21 climate conference to be held in Paris this November. The fleet, including Renault ZOE, Renault Fluence Z.E. sedan, Nissan Leaf, ...
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French carmaker Renault has partnered with Orange, a telecommunications operator, on a research project to test the automotive uses of very-high-speed, 4G/LTE (long term evolution) connectivity. The new technology will enable divers to ...
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Nissan has hit back at plans by Volkswagen to become the electric vehicle market leader by 2018, while reaffirming its own aim to increase range to 200km on Leaf and introduce four new electric vehicles to market within two years. ...
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Renault Australia will import the Renault Kangoo ZE all-electric small van next year, but on a trial-only basis. Speaking at the national launch of the facelifted Renault Megane range, managing director Justin Hocevar, confirmed that ...
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Renault Australia has criticised the federal government for allowing Australia to be one of the last remaining first world countries without legislation to reduce the price of electric vehicles. Managing director Justin Hocevar says the ...
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Automotive supplier Continental has secured a contract to supply electric powertrain for the new pure electric vehicle (EV) Renault Zoe. The vehicle will be powered by the synchronous electric motor from Continental that generates an ...
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Renault has acknowledged the decision of electric vehicle network provider Better Place to file for liquidation, but says the move will not negatively impact its own electric vehicle strategy. In a brief release, Renault said that while ...
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An image depicting a Renault Zoe cabriolet has appeared on the French brand’s dedicated electric vehicle Facebook page. While it looks convincing, the image is a computer generation created by a fan of the zero-emission Zoe city ...
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A Renault Sport executive has confirmed the sports division is having a “very close look at” electric vehicle techonolgy. A pair of Renault Zoe electric vehicles were spotted inside the Renault Sport engineering headquarters, ...
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Renault previously toyed with the idea of a performance-oriented electric vehicle when it presented the DeZir Concept at the 2010 Paris motor show, but now the French car maker has promised to reveal a serious high-performance EV at its ...
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The seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf has claimed the title of World Car of the Year (WCOTY) for 2013, marking the brand's second consecutive win. Voted the best new vehicle out of an initial entry list of forty-two cars, the Volkswagen ...
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The Renault Zoe is a full electric-vehicle with no internal combustion engine. This means that at no time are there any fossil fuels going into a tank, because it doesn’t have one, and emissions aren’t expelled from an exhaust ...
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An Australian launch for the all-electric Renault Zoe is still a possibility if Renault gets its way. Speaking with CarAdvice at the Geneva motor show, Renault Australia boss Justin Hocevar said that while there’s still a lot of ...
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Automaker Renault has secured two contracts to supply electric vehicles (EV) to the Union des Groupements d'Achats Publics (UGAP), a public procurement group, in France. Under the contract, the company will deliver 2,100 vehicles in the ...