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Renault partners with R-FIT to launch electric retrofit kits in France

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Renault is launching electric retrofit kits in France in partnership with R-FIT. The Renault 5 electric retrofit kit will go on sale in France in September 2023 while the kit for the Twingo will be made available at a later date. These kits can be installed on the popular Renault 4, Renault 5 and first generation Twingo.

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International consortium launches government-supported study on hydrogen vehicle refueling infrastructure in France

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For high power vehicles or for those making long journeys, the hydrogen and fuel cell solution complements the battery-based only solution that is currently being deployed in France. Several French companies have developed expertise and products, with prototype products currently operating in France under real-world conditions.

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JRC: e-vehicle market in Europe is slowly gaining momentum, but breakthrough is needed

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The highest numbers were registered in Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, France and the UK. In Europe, the e-vehicle market is almost equally divided between battery-electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid cars. Recharging infrastructure improving unevenly in different parts of Europe.

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Renault, Jiangling JV introducing electric sedan and services for ride-hailing at IAA

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For example, of the 47,500 private hire vehicles registered in France, 75% of them are in Paris and the greater-Paris area (2020 figures from Stacian). Mobilize Limo runs on a liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery with a capacity of 60 kWh offering around 450 km (pending WLTP certification) between recharging sessions.

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Groupe Renault launching large-scale V2G trials with fleet of 15 Zoe EVs

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Following these, more pilot schemes will be introduced in France, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and Denmark. We have chosen onboard technology that also optimizes the cost of recharging stations and thus facilitate a large-scale development. —Gilles Normand, Groupe Renault’s director of electric vehicles.

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Consortium seeks to show total cost of EVs can be less than combustion engine reference car

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Michelin and Siemens, in cooperation with research partners at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI, are launching a project to demonstrate that the total cost of electric vehicles can be less than that of a conventional combustion-engined car.

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Leading UK scientists set out resource challenge of meeting EV targets by 2050

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Our role as scientists is to provide the evidence for how best to move towards a zero-carbon economy—society needs to understand that there is a raw material cost of going green and that both new research and investment is urgently needed for us to evaluate new ways to source these. billion miles uses at least 63 TWh of power.