Renault intends to produce more than 200,000 electric vehicles a year by 2016, French industry minister Eric Besson said.
Answering a deputy’s question in the National Assembly, Besson said 80% of Renault’s electric vehicles will be produced in France, Reuters reported.
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Renault estimates that electric vehicles will account for 10% of global vehicle sales by 2020, and is investing EUR4bn with alliance partner Nissan Motor to become the world’s leading producer of mass-market zero-emission vehicles.
Renault plans to start selling three electric vehicles later this year and will produce 100,000 mass-market Zoe models annually starting in mid-2012, Besson said.
Besson said a battery plant supposed to start in 2012 will be delayed by one year but Renault has said start-up will happen early in 2014.
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