Philippe Wahl, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of La Poste group (France’s public sector mail utility), and Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Renault group, have signed a partnership “to pursue and strengthen their cooperation on the search for eco-mobility solutions”.
Since the launch of France’s low-carbon vehicle project in January 2009, La Poste group, which has the country’s largest industrial fleet with some 69,000 vehicles, has equipped itself with a complete range of electric vehicles, including small light commercial vehicles, quads, three-wheelers and electrically assisted bicycles.
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Today, La Poste mailmen and mailwomen use nearly 25,000 means of electric transport daily. The keys to the 5,000th La Poste Kangoo Z.E. have been handed over.
The two companies plan to share information on their tests and study programs to improve the range of the clean vehicles produced by Renault that are currently part of the La Poste fleet. R&D projects have already been initiated in this area. The “MobilHyTest” range extension falls within the scope of the partnership.
The two will examine the efficacy of different sizes of vehicle and powertrain solutions for La Poste’s mail and parcel delivery applications across rural and urban environments with very different population densities.
