- Fleet of 200 electric vehicles saves 18 tons of CO2 from being emitted into the air during two-week global summit
- Fleet represents the world’s largest EV fleet ever provided for an international conference
- Renault and Nissan employees volunteered as drivers for the fleet, which featured Renault ZOE, Nissan LEAF and Nissan e-NV200
PARIS (Dec. 14, 2015) — The Renault-Nissan Alliance electric vehicle fleet at COP21 covered 175,000 km without emitting any CO2 tailpipe emissions. The fleet of 200 electric vehicles, which shuttled delegates during the two-week United Nations annual climate change conference in Paris, saved nearly 200 barrels of oil or 18 tons of CO2 not emitted while driving.
The Renault-Nissan Alliance was the official passenger-car shuttle provider for COP21, officially known as the 21st Conference of Parties, which ran from Nov. 30 through Dec. 11. The Alliance EV fleet was the world’s largest electric-vehicle fleet ever provided to an international conference.
The EVs made more than 3,300 transfers shuttling a total of about 7,500 accredited delegates to and from hotels to the Bourget conference venue north of Paris. The fleet featured the Renault ZOE subcompact car, the Nissan LEAF compact car and the 7-seater Nissan e-NV200 van. Renault and Nissan employees volunteered as drivers and electric vehicle ambassadors for the cars, which were available to COP21 delegates as a complement to public transportation.
This marked the first time the U.N. used a 100% electric fleet for its entire passenger-car shuttle at a climate summit.
Quick charge stations available for public use
The Renault-Nissan Alliance set up network of 90 quick and standard charging stations in strategic locations to recharge the cars. The stations were powered by low-carbon electricity provided by French electric utility company EDF. The residual emissions were offset under an accredited U.N. carbon offsetting program.
Thirteen of the 27 quick chargers installed will remain and are available for the public to use. These include two at Charles de Gaulle Airport, two on the Paris périphérique highway and one at Orly Airport. The quick charging stations are able to charge an EV from 0 to 80% capacity in about 30 minutes.
The Renault-Nissan Alliance is the global leader in zero-emission vehicles, accounting for half of all EVs on the road today. Together, Renault and Nissan have sold more than 280,000 electric vehicles since the Alliance’s first electric vehicle Nissan LEAF went on sale in late 2010.
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ABOUT THE RENAULT-NISSAN ALLIANCE
The Renault-Nissan Alliance is a strategic partnership between Paris-based Renault and Yokohama, Japan-based Nissan, which together sell one in 10 cars worldwide. The companies, which have been strategic partners since 1999, sold 8.5 million vehicles in nearly 200 countries in 2014. The Alliance has strategic collaborations with automakers including Germany's Daimler, Japan's Mitsubishi, China's Dongfeng, and India's Ashok Leyland. The Alliance also owns a majority stake in the joint venture which controls Russia's AVTOVAZ, maker of the Lada brand.
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