http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/news/78914646/say-hello-to-zoe-renaults-electric-offering Say hello to Zoe, Renault's electric offering April 14 2016 ROB MAETZIG
[images / SUPPLIED http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/a/z/g/i/v/image.related.StuffLandscapeSixteenByNine.620x349.1azexi.png/1460641272582.jpg The Renault Zoe, on display in Wellington and soon to go on sale in New Zealand http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/a/z/h/h/n/image.related.StuffLandscapeSixteenByNine.620x349.1azexi.png/1460641272582.jpg Coming soon to NZ: Renault's electric Twizy http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/a/z/h/h/m/image.related.StuffLandscapeSixteenByNine.620x349.1azexi.png/1460641272582.jpg Coming soon to NZ: Renault's electric Kangoo ZE van. ] Renault is to unveil a new electric vehicle in Wellington on Friday - the Zoe five-door hatch, which last year was the top-selling all-electric vehicle in Europe. Zoe will be the first of three Renault electric vehicles to go on sale in New Zealand this year. The others will be the Kangoo ZE van, and the Twizy two-seater city car. Renault New Zealand is not releasing any marketing details about the Kangoo or the Twizy, preferring instead to concentrate on the Zoe which will be on display as part of the Leading The Charge promotional tour of electric vehicles. Operations and sales co-ordinator Sal Marti said the car will go on sale from July, and will carry a retail price of $65,208 plus GST. It will carry a three year/100,000 km warranty, and the electric drivetrain and traction battery will have a five-year warranty. "The Zoe heralds the start of a new era for Renault in New Zealand, one in which electric mobility becomes available for everyone," a company press release says. Zoe, which is built on the platform of the Clio hatch, is fitted with Renault's Range OptimiZEr system which boosts the vehicle range by almost 25 per cent. The car's range is 250 km, and in typical electric car fashion the around-town acceleration is brisk thanks to the fact its 220 newton metres of peak torque is available from just 250 rpm. The release confirms that, since in New Zealand it is possible to charge an electric vehicle with "clean" electricity, the company is considering a project that will achieve this through 100 per cent renewable energy where possible. Marti said the Zoe will not be driven during its time on display in Wellington. "But it will be open so people can sit in it or look inside. The main thing is that we are able to get the vehicles, and they will go on sale here." [© stuff.co.nz 2016 Fairfax New Zealand] For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Zoe-EV-sales-in-NZ-begin-soon-tp4681615.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
