The Renault
Zoe is to be launched in Spring 2013 but customer with their heart set on the
car can pre-order now for £49. The small electric car could potentially rival
the likes of the Mini Cooper and Fiat 500 as one of the most popular city cars.
Renault say
the Zoe will cost £13,650 after the deductions based around the government’s
electric car grant scheme. This makes Zoe significantly cheaper to buy than
other electric cars on the road which could potentially prove a popular reason
to buy the car. The car is cheaper primarily because of Renaults battery rental
scheme. An owner can pay £70 per month for the battery and avoid the costs of
replacing expensive spent batteries.
Renault
have also claimed that the battery motor in the Zoe will give the best range of
any electric car in the UK with 130 miles travel possible on a full battery
charge.
The Frenchcar giant says this is the first electric vehicle in the UK market to be
designed solely as an electric car and not an adaptation of a fuel based model.
Renault’s Fluence ZE and Kangoo ZE have been developed from existing platforms
and the Renault Twizy is classed as a quadracycle.
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