Renault Fluence EV made in Turkey from 2011
Renault’s production Zoe Z.E. EV and Kangoo EV will be produced in France (although at two different plants), but the EV version of the Renault Fluence will be produced in Bursa, Turkey in the first half of 2011.
That’s over a whole year to go, but since the Fluence is a relatively affordable Megane sedan, an affordable relatively large C-segment (Civic FD sized) electric sedan is a welcome addition in the product offerings of any country. A Malaysian debut seems quite far off in the distance at this moment though, as the Renault Fluence EV will first be launched in Israel and Denmark, and then continue to make its way to other countries.
Fluence EV buyers will get three battery charge options – your regular charge which will take hours, a rapid charge that requires an external charger, and the Quick Drop battery exchange program. With Quick Drop, you basically cycle between multiple batteries with your EV ownership. Drive it into a Quick Drop garage and the system swaps your EV’s depleted battery with a new fully charged battery in about 3 minutes. It’s a very cool solution but of course Quick Drop will probably only be offered in countries that has Quick Drop centers in place.
There has been no talk of an ASEAN debut so far. Perhaps Tan Chong can try for an electric Fluence to be assembled here in Malaysia for local consumption and export. If they price it at RM150,00.99 or something they qualify for a new manufacturing license, zero local ownership requirement, etc etc various other incentives under the new NAP review. Look after the jump for a gallery of the Fluence EV.
November 14, 2009 @ 11:54 am
This one is not so ugly as the ordinary Renault.
November 14, 2009 @ 12:36 pm
but the back light.. i think i saw it before. owhhh. on the subaru impreza. oh wait. on the maserati gt. haha
November 14, 2009 @ 1:24 pm
only by a minor detail at the side skirt can influence the overall design of the car..goshh..proton should learn from this in their design (not to say proton design is bad ya)..it’s really good..
November 14, 2009 @ 1:27 pm
haiyooo….just dreamin la EV sell in malaysia….we are the last for EV arriving here…maybe 2015…haiyooo
November 14, 2009 @ 4:26 pm
the first pic looks like Aston Martin….
November 14, 2009 @ 9:47 pm
its just a concept, once it out, it’ll look like crap…
November 15, 2009 @ 3:18 am
haiya gambar render komputer pn kata lawa ke? kalau dh masuk production sure x lawa cam ni
November 16, 2009 @ 11:02 am
Nice car, artistic picture look so nice. I think soon EV will be common car everyone driving, sadly, looking at the unfavourible car tax system we have right now, we got to wait another 5 year for EV to get to Malaysia market. Even then, it would be expensive to buy.