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Toyota and Nissan beat European cars to electric/hybrid race?
The European car market will be relying on hybrid and electric vehicles more in the future if reports about banning fuel-driven cars in Europe are to be believed. But at this stage, despite the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the Japanese car manufacturers are still slowing making their mark in the electric sector.
After seeing the first Nissan Leaf deliveries in the UK, Japanese counterpart Toyota has announced a new partnership in Paris to help test its Toyota Prius hybrid models and the supporting electric recharging infrastructure. We don’t know what agreements a company like Renault might have, so we’re making a guess when we say that the Japanese company might have beaten the French in their own market.
Renault is heavily investing in its electric vehicles, with the Renault Fluence to be released later this year, and an electric Twingo to follow, possibly as early as 2014. With the Nissan Leaf winning the 2011 European Car of the Year award, and the Toyota Prius still the world’s original hybrid, the Japanese brands could well have a head start in the electric segment of the European car market if these kinds of infrastructure deals continue.
Source | WCF
Electric Renault Twingo to arrive in 2014
Renault will expand its ever-growing electric vehicle line-up to include an electric Twingo model in the future. According to reports, the Twingo Z.E could appear as early as 2014 and will join other electric vehicles such as the Kangoo Z.E and the Fluence. The latter is being released this year and should have pricing starting at about 26,000 euros a year.
In the future we will also see the Renault Zoe released. It will probably be ready for a mid-2012 launch and could be the more popular among Renault’s electric offering. It will be a small hatch model, about the size of the Clio, and while no price has been mentioned, the company has an ambitious figure of about 150,000 models to be sold a year once full production gets underway.
The Renault Twingo Z.E is due earlier than planned thanks to an agreement with Daimler to develop jointly a new platform for the model. The compact citycar is popular in itself, and we’ll be interested to see how an electric version fares, especially with regards to pricing.
Source | AutoNews via AutoEvolution
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