Nissan’s alliance partner, Renault, has been confirmed as official Technical Partner of Spark Racing Technology to supply the Formula E cars to be entered in the FIA Formula E Championship. The agreement was signed by Patrice Ratti, Renault Sport Technologies Managing Director and Renault SAS representative; Alejandro Agag, CEO of Formula E Holdings; and Frédéric
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In the lead up to the UK showroom launch of its 100-percent electric ZOE on June 7, Renault has become the first car manufacturer to offer a free domestic charging point with a new fully-electric car purchase. The free Single Wall-box, supplied and installed by Renault’s preferred electric vehicle charging partner, British Gas, is available
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The Renault-Nissan Alliance is expanding its presence in Silicon Valley. The company has done so with the opening of a new research center initially specializing in autonomous driving and connected cars. The official opening of the Nissan Research Center Silicon Valley (NRC-SV) was held February 18. Nissan said this center will enhance Nissan’s global research
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The Renault-Nissan Alliance sold a record 8,101,310 vehicles in 2012, representing one in 10 new cars sold worldwide. Most of all, the alliance sold 43,829 electric vehicles. According to Renault-Nissan, 2012 global sales of all zero-emission vehicles across the Alliance were 43,829 units. This is up 83.8 percent from 2011 as Nissan Leaf sales increased
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France’s Minister of Industrial Recovery, Arnaud Montebourg, took delivery this week of the very First ZOE electric car. Montebourg had ordered his ZOE EV at the Paris Motor Show in September 2012 and was presented this week with the keys to the first ZOE in the Cour d’Honneur of the Bercy Finance Ministry by Carlos
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