The Kangoo ZE: The Jewel in Renault’s Electric Car Range | IAA Frankfurt Auto Show
The moment sustainable motoring has waited for has finally arrived: a full range of all-electric cars.
Renault has launched the world’s first range of purely electric cars at the IAA Frankfurt Motor Show 2009. Designed to cater for everyone from a single traveller to local commerce, via 2.5 kids family cars, it’s a revolution in three important ways:
- the range is designed from scratch as a complete set of electric cars — not gas-fueled cars with an electric motor retro-fitted to give the manufacturer green kudos;
- the cars will be priced without an “electric premium,” allowing them to compete alongside gas-based engines on a like-for-like basis for the first time ever;
- most importantly, they’re real. Presented as concept cars, the Kangoo ZE is already in an advanced prototype stage, and I was lucky enough to drive it at Frankfurt.
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Read more about my Renault Kangoo ZE test drive on the next page…
I’m so excited about the launch of electric cars - I can’t wait for the day that our streets are filled with sustainable cars. I think it is great that more political figures are getting involved and making legislation to promote electric vehicles. Just today I found out that that the Governor of Delaware recently signed a law that provides incentives for Delawareans who take advantage of emerging vehicle-to-grid technology. There is an article about it on the News Journal’s website, check it out http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009909220317
Thanks for the input Meghan!
Electric power has been around for some time now and is obviously coming of age. What is missing is the infrastructure to support it.
This initiative by Delaware is definitely a step in the right direction!