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The Zoe launch in France appears to be picking up speed. Firstly, Renault has released a video of Zoe production at the Flins factory: Secondly, revie
[See the full post at: Zoe Deliveries Begin in France 2]We should all push Renault about that cable issue… without support for one, I’m out.
I already bought an occasional “granny” cable, so I don’t need it included, but if they don’t support it then my cable is useless of course.
Finally ZOE is on its way! I was starting to laugh at the situation, it reminded me of socialism when we (yugoslavia) had the money, but the stores were empty 🙂
I agree with Per. My home socket is my freedom. We should push Renault. Cars are supposed to make me independent and Renault is trying to push me through the bottleneck of charging stations. I wonder why?
Another French review:
and a view from the other side of the pond:
http://blogs.wsj.com/drivers-seat/2013/03/04/electric-cars-under-extra-pressure-from-europes-slump/
And here it is-the first ZOE on MOBILE.de (from french salon). Who’s gonna buy it guys?
That was quick!
Meanwhile, a couple of French reports on the launch:
Here a small Dutch news item:
Basically it says the waiting list (in France) for the Zoe is very long. They’ve been selling since October and have sold about 1600 already, which is quite a lot compared to the Fluence ZE (300 sold total). The Netherlands will be the first export country after they’ve served the homeland, with deliveries expected in May.
The main Renault reseller in Denmark told me they get their ZOE training on the week of April 22 and they start deliveries about two weeks later, which seems to be the same time as in Holland.
I’m facing a major dilemma now:
1. Buy the ZOE and be seriously restricted in where I can drive, there is a charging pod 85km from my home, next one is 300km away. This would mean I could drive about 75km maximum from my home to be able to safely drive back and charge. With the EVSE cable this would of course not be a problem.
2. The dealer has a Fluence at the same price as the ZOE, driven 3500km. But it seems to be tied into a BetterPlaces scheme where the monthly fee would be around 160Euro, and we have no BP in Sweden, so all the costs and none of the benefits. This would only be interesting if they can remove the BP fees of course.
Sweden is committed to install 14,000 charging stations by 2020, and so far 4 have been installed… So I’m still leaning towards the ZOE and hope that those 13,996 stations will come sooner rather than later.
So sad to live in such a backwards country… In Sweden all charging pods are standard 220V house hold sockets, since ALL EVs (except ZOE) can use these…
Promising is that Renault Sweden told me that they have tested several cables, but none of them had high enough quality. So there is a glimmer of hope that the car accepts the cables, just that Renault is picky. Wonder if those bad cables still charged that car and what the problems were.
Nosig, thanks for the link about the Dutch launch – here in English via Google Translate:
PerLyngemark – where’s your sense of adventure! The Zoe is rated for 210km but good EV drivers can usually get more than the official range (while drivers used to fossil cars get worse). To get between the two fast chargers (at 85km and 300km) you just need to stretch to 215km?!
Ok, perhaps that’s a bit risky, and maybe they’re not in the same direction – but I suggest that you could certainly consider yourself to have a radius of 80km beyond the 85km charger.
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