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Renault-Nissan EV Sales to Reach 100,000 Units This Year
Renault SA and alliance partner Nissan Motor Co. predict their cumulative global sales of electric vehicles will reach 100,000 units by the end of 2013.
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Renault SA and alliance partner Nissan Motor Co. predict their cumulative global sales of electric vehicles will reach 100,000 units by the end of 2013.
Nissan has delivered 62,000 Leaf electric sedans since the model went on sale in December 2010. Renault sold nearly 25,000 EVs worldwide through April. The latter's EV lineup consists of the electric-only Twizy and Zoe city cars and battery-powered versions of its Fluence sedan and Kangoo delivery van.
Renault says the collapse of partner Better Place, a developer of EV battery rental, swapping and rapid recharging networks, doesn't jeopardize the carmaker's €4 billion ($5.2 billion) EV program.
The two companies hoped to sell 100,000 Fluence Z.E. electric sedans in Israel and Denmark by 2016. But volume has reached only about 1,300 units so far.
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