The Georgian government and the Renault-Nissan Alliance sign an agreement

The Georgian government and the Renault-Nissan Alliance have signed an agreement for preparing a zero emission* partnership in the Georgia.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is aimed at establishing a partnership to promote and implement electric vehicles in Georgia. The partnership program will mainly cover the evaluation of the needs:

• of publics institutions’ fleets of the country in Renault’s electric vehicles,
• in charging network deployment

The agreement was signed today at Renault’s headquarter by Vera Kobalia, the economy and sustainable development minster, and Philippe Klein, Renault’s Executive Vice-President of Corporate Planning, Product Planning and Programs.

Both parties have decided to work together to define a final agreement with a view to encouraging the promotion of electric vehicles in order to reduce CO2 emissions and the effects of climate warming. The program aiming at setting the agreement up will focus on several topics:

• the promotion of the electric vehicle and the support of its commercialization,
• the evaluation of the equipment in electric vehicles of the fleets of publics institutions of the country
• the market study for charging network deployment,
• the identification of public and private fleets customers, liable to join the project from their environmental commitment.

*Zero emission at use


Renault
With its partner Nissan, Renault aims to become the leader in zero-emission* mobility, namely the first car manufacturer to sell a complete range of electric passenger cars and light commercial vehicles at an affordable price for the greatest number. This year will be a decisive chapter in Renault history with the launch of three electric models, Fluence Z.E., Kangoo Z.E. and Twizy, followed by ZOE in 2012.

Renault-Nissan Alliance
The Renault-Nissan Alliance, sold more than 7 200 000 vehicles in 2010. To date, the Alliance has entered into more than 90 partnerships worldwide with countries, cities, organizations and other key stakeholders to prepare the markets and necessary infrastructure for the successful adoption of electric vehicles around the world. Renault’s Z.E. range allied with Nissan’s should enable the Alliance to put a cumulative 1.5 million EVs on the road worldwide by 2016. From 2015 the Alliance will have a production capacity of 500,000 vehicles a year.