Renault Fluence Z.E.

Renault Fluence Z.E.

A day after the event "The Challenge Bibendum 2011" opened (19-5/2011), in Berlin, Germany, the French car manufacturer Renault announced direct, electric cars fluence won the event for electric cars category.

The car was ranked first in the circuit during test maneuvers ADAC, Lihthe, Berlin. Cars that disupiri by Gregory Fargier of Renault Sport Technologie noted waktun 2.02 minutes or 5 seconds faster than the record set Tesla electric car.

Fluence Z.E. also received the award as a car with "Energy efficiency of the Best". For a distance of 300 km, fluence energy spent only 37.44 kWh. The efficiency gained from the technology used and the driving techniques' Renault Eco Driving "performed with his partner Sylvie Gregory Fargier Savornin.

Performance Tests

Renault fluence also obtain the best value for emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2). Based on the calculations of experts and specialists Michelin, fluence just issued a 57 g / km of CO2. Lower than emissions produced hybrid vehicles and fuel cell (fuel cell).

Further, the energy efficient competition in the form of rallies, the fluence is only needed once to replace the battery for a distance of 300 km. When replacement is rapid, just 6 minutes. For quick replacement process, the Renault perform minor modifications to the tooling and equipment replacement battery.

Also announced, Nissan's alliance partner Renault, also received awards at this event, Leaf won the rally with a mileage of 30 miles, defeating C-Zero Citroen and Peugeot Ion (both use the same base electric vehicles, Mitsubishi iMiEV.

Shaped this rally race distance of 300 km, which was centered in Berlin Tempelhof Airport. After the start from here, the participants headed to the Brandenburg gate, across the other areas in the city of Berlin, to the ADAC Driving Safety Centre in Linthe, to Potsdam and back to Tempelhof.

Finally, the vehicle of participants who generally come from the world's car manufacturers, the performance is measured again, that is, CO2 emissions, noise, fuel efficiency, acceleration, braking, maneuverability on wet and dry surfaces.

Especially for electric cars, the mileage of at least 125 km. The reason the committee chose that distance, 90 percent of city residents use only vehicles within 50 miles of downtown.

No less interesting, Berlin held this event in collaboration with Michelin, the target itself would become the capital of electric cars in the world. German Chancellor Angela Merkel last year's target, in 2020, electric cars are milling about on the road in the country will reach 1,000,000 units!

For that also, in order to accelerate the growth of electric cars, the German government announced Monday, providing additional budget to research electric cars one billion billion euros in 2013.