Editing Renault (section)

===Electric vehicles===
{{See also|Renault–Nissan Alliance#Zero-emission vehicles|l1=Renault–Nissan Alliance zero-emission vehicles}}
[[File:Renault Zoe on MIAS 2012.JPG|[[Renault Zoe]], a pure [[electric car]] with a 210&nbsp;km to 230&nbsp;km range|thumb]]
[[File:Autolib Paris 04 2016 7374.JPG|[[Renault Twizy]] all-electric [[heavy quadricycle]]|thumb]]

In 2013, Renault became the leader of electric vehicles sales in Europe, thanks to its large range of vehicles (Twizy, Zoe, Fluence, Kangoo).<ref>{{cite web|title=Renault confirms its leadership in the European electric vehicles market in 2013 and 2014|url=https://twitter.com/RenaultZE/status/562660405818818560|publisher=Renault Zero Emission|access-date=2015-02-20|date=2 February 2015}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=November 2020}} The [[Renault Zoe]] was Europe's best selling [[all-electric car]] in 2015 and 2016.<ref name=Top2015>{{cite news|url= http://www.autoblog.com/2016/01/20/renault-zoe-was-europes-best-selling-ev-last-year/|title= Renault Zoe was Europe's best-selling EV last year |first= Chris|last= Bruce |work=Renault |publisher=Autoblog.com |date=2016-01-20|access-date=2016-02-06}}</ref><ref name=Top2016>{{cite web | url=http://www.avere-france.org/Site/Article/?article_id=6847&from_espace_adherent=0 | title=La France s'impose comme le leader des ventes de véhicules 100% électriques en Europe en 2016 | language=fr | trans-title=France has emerged as the leader in vehicle sales 100% electric in Europe in 2016 | author=France Mobilité Électrique - AVERE France | publisher=AVERE | date=30 January 2017 | access-date=3 February 2017 | archive-date=4 February 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204171615/http://www.avere-france.org/Site/Article/?article_id=6847&from_espace_adherent=0 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Global Zoe sales reached the 50,000 unit mark in June 2016,<ref name=Zoe50K>{{cite news| url=http://www.hybridcars.com/renault-zoe-and-bmw-i3-join-the-50000-sales-club/ | title=Renault Zoe and BMW i3 Join The 50,000 Sales Club | first=Jeff | last=Cobb| work=HybridCars.com| date=2016-08-01| access-date=2016-08-01}} "{{As of|2016|06}}, cumulative global sales of the top selling plug-in electric cars were led by the Nissan Leaf (about 225,000), Tesla Model S (over 129,000), Votl/Ampera family (over 117,000), Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (about 107,000), Toyota Prius PHV (over 75,000), BYD Qin (56,191), Renault Zoe (51,193), and BMW i3 (almost 50,000)."</ref> and achieved the 150,000 unit milestone in June 2019.<ref name=Zoe150K>{{cite news|url= https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/1141770/New-Renault-Zoe-2019-battery-range-electric-car | title=New Renault Zoe REVEALED with more range, bigger battery and more power | first =Luke John | last = Smith |newspaper=Daily Express | date=2019-06-18 | access-date=2020-05-22|quote=Nearly 150,000 registrations by the end of May 2019}}</ref> [[Groupe Renault]] global electric vehicle sales passed the 100,000 unit milestone in September 2016.<ref name=RN350K>{{cite press release |url= http://blog.alliance-renault-nissan.com/content/renault-nissan-alliance-hits-milestone-350000-electric-vehicles-sold-maintains-position-glob | title=Renault-Nissan Alliance hits milestone of 350,000 electric vehicles sold, maintains position as global EV leader |website=blog.alliance-renault-nissan.com |location=Paris/Yokohama | date=2016-09-13 | access-date=2016-09-13 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170223135611/http://blog.alliance-renault-nissan.com/content/renault-nissan-alliance-hits-milestone-350000-electric-vehicles-sold-maintains-position-glob | archive-date=23 February 2017 | url-status=dead}} ''The Alliance has sold its 350,000th electric vehicle since December 2010, when the Nissan Leaf went on sale. The milestone was achieved in August 2016. The Alliance also set an industry record of 100,000 EVs sold in a single year.''</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://elbil.no/na-har-renault-solgt-100-000-elbiler/ | title=Nå har Renault solgt 100.000 elbiler | language=no | trans-title=Renault has now sold 100,000 EVs | first=Petter | last=Haugneland | publisher=Norsk Elbilforening (Norwegian Electric Vehicle Association) | date=2016-09-12 | access-date=2016-09-12 | archive-date=15 September 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915123503/http://elbil.no/na-har-renault-solgt-100-000-elbiler/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> Since the launch of the Renault electric program, the Group has sold more than 273,550 electric vehicles worldwide through December 2019. Since inception, a total of 181,893 Zoe city cars, 48,821 [[Renault Kangoo Z.E.|Kangoo Z.E.]] electric vans, 29,118 [[Renault Twizy|Twitzy]] [[heavy quadricycle]]s, and 10,600 [[Renault Fluence Z.E.|Fluence Z.E.]] cars have been sold globally through December 2019.<ref name=Renault2019>{{cite web| url=https://group.renault.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/urd_2019_-3-avril_14h.pdf | title=2019 Universal Registration Document | author=Groupe Renault |publisher=Renault | date=2020-03-19 | access-date=2020-05-22|quote=Since the launch of the Renault electric program, the Group has sold more than 252,000 electric vehicles in Europe and more than 273,550 electric vehicles worldwide.}} ''See pp. 24 and 39. Since inception, a total of 181,893 Zoe cars, 48,821 Kangoo Z.E. electric vans, 29,118 Twitzy heavy quadricycles, and 10,600 Fluence Z.E. cars have been sold globally through December 2019.''</ref>

Beginning in 2008, Renault made agreements for its planned zero-emissions products, including with Israel, Portugal, Denmark and the US states of [[Tennessee]] and [[Oregon]],<ref name="automotivedesign-europe.com">{{cite web | first = Christoph | last = Hammerschmidt |url=http://www.automotivedesign-europe.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=211100106&cid=NL_ADLeu |title=Automotive DesignLine Europe |publisher=Automotivedesign-europe.com |access-date=12 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116055843/http://www.automotivedesign-europe.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=211100106&cid=NL_ADLeu |archive-date=16 January 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Yokohama]] in Japan and the Principality of Monaco.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greencarcongress.com/2008/11/renault-nissa-1.html |title=Renault-Nissan Alliance Adds Oregon and Monaco to Growing Roster of EV Partners |publisher=Green Car Congress |access-date=12 April 2009}}</ref> Serge Yoccoz is the electric vehicle project director.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/26/business/worldbusiness/26iht-rbogcar.1.18175215.html?pagewanted=all&_r=2&|title=Paradigm shif gives new momentum to electric cars|newspaper=The New York Times|date= 26 October 2008|access-date=28 April 2015|first=Malachy|last=Tuohy}}</ref>

In 2008, Renault–Nissan signed a deal to produce electric cars for an initiative in Israel with [[Better Place (company)|Better Place]], a US company developing new non-petroleum–based transport infrastructure. Renault aimed to sell 10–20,000 cars a year in Israel.<ref name="reuters develop Israel">{{cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL2143406820080121 |title=Renault to develop electric cars for Israel project |first=Steven |last=Scheer |date=21 January 2008 |work=Reuters |access-date=15 April 2010}}</ref> Renault also agreed to develop exchangeable batteries for the project.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Renault-Nissan and Project Better Place prepare for first mass produced electric vehicles |work=Better Place (company) |date=21 January 2008 }}</ref> Renault collaborated with Better Place to produce a network of all-electric vehicles and thousands of [[charging station]]s in Denmark, planned to be operational by 2011.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/renault-bets-on-electric-827716.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515014238/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/renault-bets-on-electric-827716.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 May 2008 |title=Renault Bets on Electric |first=Sean |last=O'Grady |date=14 May 2008 |work=The Independent |location=UK |access-date=15 May 2008}}</ref> The [[Renault Fluence Z.E.]],<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/04/renaults-fluence-ze-headed-for-a-better-place/ |title=Renault's Fluence Z.E. Headed for a Better Place |date=16 April 2010 |magazine=Wired |access-date=12 January 2011 |first=Keith |last=Barry}}</ref> was selected for the Israel project. It became the first zero-emission vehicle with a switchable battery,<ref name="israel21c">{{cite web |url=http://www.israel21c.org/briefs/israels-better-place-and-renault-partner-in-first-mass-market-electric-vehicle |title=Israel's Better Place and Renault partner in first mass-market electric vehicle |date=17 September 2009 |publisher=Israel 21c Innovation News Service |access-date=20 January 2010}}</ref> with trials in 2010 undertaken with the [[Renault Laguna]]. Renault ended the partnership in 2013, following Better Place's bankruptcy, with only 1,000 vehicle sales in Israel and 240 in Denmark.<ref>{{cite news|title=Renault to End Better Place Partnership After Bankruptcy|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-27/renault-to-end-better-place-partnership-after-bankruptcy.html|work=Bloomberg|access-date=8 August 2013|date=27 May 2013|first=Mathieu|last=Rosemain}}</ref>

Renault–Nissan and the largest French [[electric utility]], [[Électricité de France]] (EDF), signed an agreement to promote electric vehicles in France. The partnership planned to pilot projects on battery management and charging infrastructure.<ref>{{cite news|last=Massy |first=Helen |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69025620101001 |title=Reuters 1 October 2010 |work=Reuters |access-date=10 April 2011 |date=1 October 2010}}</ref> Renault–Nissan also signed deals with Ireland's [[ESB Group|Electricity Supply Board]] (ESB),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/i/2975/ |title=Energy Efficiency News 13 April 2010 |publisher=Energyefficiencynews.com |date=13 April 2010 |access-date=10 April 2011}}</ref> and in [[Milton Keynes]] as part of the UK's Plugged in Places national project.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/i/3011/ |title=Energy Efficiency News 23 April 2010 |publisher=Energyefficiencynews.com |date=23 April 2010 |access-date=10 April 2011}}</ref>

{{cquote|We have decided to introduce zero-emission vehicles as quickly as possible in order to ensure [[individual mobility]] against the background of high oil prices and better environmental protection|||Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault and Nissan<ref name="automotivedesign-europe.com"/>}}

According to Ghosn, the Renault–Nissan alliance was a fundamental step in [[electric car]] development, and that they needed each other for other issues such as battery manufacturing, [[Electric vehicle infrastructure|charging infrastructure]] and business strategy.<ref name="autoblog1">{{cite web |last=Loveday |first=Eric |url=http://green.autoblog.com/2010/06/25/ghosn-says-nissan-renault-partnership-makes-evs-doable-companie/ |title=Ghosn says Nissan-Renault partnership makes EVs doable, companies couldn't go it alone – Autoblog Green |publisher=Green.autoblog.com |date=25 June 2010 |access-date=3 July 2010 |archive-date=1 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701173430/http://green.autoblog.com/2010/06/25/ghosn-says-nissan-renault-partnership-makes-evs-doable-companie/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{{cquote|I don't think either Renault or Nissan would have been able to launch an EV alone successfully. You can have an electric car alone. But what you cannot have is an EV business system, from batteries to recycling to cars to infrastructure to negotiation, by being alone.|||Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault and Nissan<ref name="autoblog1"/>}}

The Renault–Nissan group is a member of the [[PHEV Research Center]]. In September 2013, Renault and [[Bolloré]] announced an agreement to collaborate on a new electric vehicle and in car-sharing project.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/49ca1de2-1bc8-11e3-94a3-00144feab7de.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/49ca1de2-1bc8-11e3-94a3-00144feab7de.html |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |title=Renault and Bolloré in electric car deal |last1 = Carnegy | first1 = Hugh | last2 = Thomson | first2 = Adam |work=Financial Times|date=12 September 2013 |access-date=5 November 2013}}</ref>
[[File:Renault, GIMS 2024, Le Grand-Saconnex (GIMS0030-5).jpg|thumb|Launch event of the [[Renault 5 E-Tech]] at the [[Geneva International Motor Show#2024|2024 Geneva International Motor Show]]]]

In 2021, Renault launched a new EV and mobility brand called Mobilize<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.carscoops.com/2021/01/renault-unveils-new-mobilize-brand-with-tiny-ez-1-electric-two-seater/|title=Renault Debuts New Mobilize Brand With Tiny EZ-1 Electric Two Seater|date=14 January 2021|website=Carscoops}}</ref> and showed a prototype for a small Twizy-style<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/renault-launches-mobilize-mobility-brand-twizy-style-ez-1|title=Renault launches Mobilize mobility brand with Twizy-style EZ-1|website=Autocar}}</ref> EV called the EZ-1.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/renault-mobilize-ez-1-prototype-shared-ev-recycled-charging-battery-2021-1|title=This mini EV has recyclable materials, glass doors, and swappable batteries to avoid charge times — see more|first=Kristen|last=Lee|website=Business Insider}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/354045/renault-reveals-new-mobilize-car-sharing-mobility-brand-new-concept-pictures|title=Renault reveals new Mobilize car-sharing mobility brand with new concept - pictures|website=Auto Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/renault/354047/hippo-bento-duo-and-limo-renault-mobilize-model-name-trademarks-revealed|title=Hippo, Bento, Duo and Limo - Renault Mobilize model name trademarks revealed|website=Auto Express}}</ref> Renault Group also invested into a start-up company Verkor, that should develop EV batteries and about in 2026 build a gigafactory in France.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Emilio|first=Maurizio Di Paolo|date=2021-07-01|title=Renault's Plans for the Future of Electric Vehicles|url=https://www.eetimes.eu/renaults-plans-for-the-future-of-electric-vehicles/|access-date=2021-12-29|website=EE Times Europe|language=en-US}}</ref>

By 2025, the yearly output of 400,000 electric vehicles is planned.