Renault Z.E.

The Renault Z.E. (Z.E. stands for Zero Emission) is a line of all-electric cars from Renault. The line began with the Z.E series of concept cars. The first production car is the Renault Fluence Z.E. that is scheduled for sales to the public in Israel and Denmark by late 2011 as part of the Better Place network. In 2011 Renault was awarded a contract to supply 15,600 electric vehicles to the French government and the state-owned postal service, La Poste. The vehicles are to contribute to a planned 25,000 electric vehicle fleet owned by the French government.

Global Renault Z.E. vehicle sales passed the 100,000 unit milestone in September 2016. The Renault Zoe is the ZE top selling model, and global sales of the electric city car achieved the 50,000 unit milestone in June 2016.

The first model in the Z.E. project was a concept based on the Renault Kangoo Be Bop. It debuted at the 2008 Paris Motor Show

It has its compact dimensions (length: 3.95 m (156 in), height: 1.85 m (73 in). The Z.E. Concept is powered by a 70 kW electric motor with torque of 226 N·m (167 lbf·ft) and its lithium-ion batteries give 200 km electric range. Solar panels positioned on the roof power a temperature regulation system.

Estimated price is 16,000 €.

In 2009 at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Renault extended the concept from one model to four:

Renault Fluence Z.E.

Renault Kangoo Z.E.

Renault Twizy Z.E.

Renault Zoe Z.E.

Renault announced that cars "previewed" by all four Z.E. concept vehicles would be released from 2011 onwards and cater for a wide variety of different customers and uses.

At the 2010 Paris Motor Show Renault showed the "Zoe Preview", promoting it as "a realistic glimpse of the forthcoming mass-market Renault electric car... a near-definitive representation (90 per cent) of the vehicle that will be manufactured at Renault's Flins plant, France. Its launch is scheduled for mid-2012." The show car supports the same QuickDrop battery swap capability as the Fluence Z.E., and DC fast charging.

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