Mexican Media Brands
Renault Begins Assembling Bollore EVs
Renault SA's factory in Dieppe, France, has begun assembling Bollore Group's Bluecar all-electric vehicles.
#hybrid
Share
Renault SA's factory in Dieppe, France, has begun assembling Bollore Group's Bluecar all-electric vehicles. The city cars previously were produced only in Italy.
The two carmakers agreed last September to partner on Bluecar production. They also launched a joint venture that is 70% owned by Bollore to install electric car-sharing services throughout Europe.
The Dieppe facility specializes in small production runs. The factory, which employs 280 workers, eventually will use 30 of them to assemble Bluecars from parts supplied by Bollore.
The partners have not disclosed the size of the production run. Bollore says it currently has more than 4,500 Bluecars operating in France through its Autolib EV car-share service in Bordeaux, Lyon and Paris.
Bluecars, which are only 3.7 meters (12 feet) long, can travel 250 km (155 miles) per charge in normal urban conditions.
RELATED CONTENT
-
Electric Trucks Emerging
Rudolph Diesel—who, incidentally, died mysteriously while traveling by a post office steamer on the English Channel in 1913—must be rolling in his grave.
-
Audi e-tron to Get September Reveal
Audi AG will take the wraps off its first electric vehicle, the all-new e-tron crossover, on Sept. 17 in San Francisco.
-
Study: Nearly 60% of EV Sales in 2035 Will Be in China
Global demand for electric vehicles will multiply by a factor of 15 to 11.3 million units by 2035, with the Chinese market generating 57% of the total, according to the Fuji-Keizai Group.