http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/12/france-plans-to-build-an-electric-car-for-under-7500/ France Plans To Build An Electric Car For $10,500 [December 4, 2015] Jamie Condliffe
[image / AP http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/t_original/vjkek5pmm2ymjtbptmza.jpg (painted EV spot: 'EV parking only while charging') ] France Plans to Build an Electric Car for Under $US7,500 ($10,267) At the climate talks in Paris, the French government has announced a global competition which aims to create a small electric car that will sell for under $10,438. In a translation provided at the event, Madame Ségolène Royal, the French Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, explained that she wanted to “create an electric car for the people”. She envisions the car as being small, light, fast-charging, and with an appearance that “may not look like traditional electric cars”. She also pointed out that the €7000 price tag — which is roughly $10,438 — should be an upper limit, and suggested that the price could be as low as $7300. The plans would eventually see France rolling out the low-cost car around the country, in an attempt to shift more of the nation’s vehicle fleet to electric. Royal also said that she hoped the competition would spur innovation — in material and battery development, as well as new modes of car use. “In emerging countries, the growing middle class means that there are more and more vehicles being purchased and most of these cars are fossil fuel cars,” she pointed out. “This is a very attractive solution.” It’s not the first plan to create an affordable electric car. In India, the low-cost electric vehicle known as e2o is on sale, which cost $20,535 when it first launched. It, however, received a poor reception from consumers. Whether France’s effort can do any better remains to be seen. [© 2015 Allure Media ] ... http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/france-wants-electric-car-for-the-masses/article7945991.ece France wants 'electric car for the masses' December 4, 2015 France on Thursday floated a global tender for an electric car that would cost less than €7,000, charge faster, and feature new materials that would make it far lighter than green cars now available in the market. The jury to pick the best choice is being finalised at the ongoing CoP21 Climate Change conference ... ... http://www.theverge.com/2015/12/3/9842832/france-cheap-electric-car-battery-swap France is trying to spur development of an ultra-cheap electric car December 3, 2015 ... The call for proposals to build France's ultra-cheap EV will run next year ... ... http://www.techtimes.com/articles/113189/20151203/frances-ecology-minister-challenges-private-companies-make-7-000-electric.htm France's Ecology Minister Challenges Private Companies To Make $7,500 Electric Car December 3, 2015 ... Ségoléne Royal says there's no reason why there can't be an electric car available to the country's drivers between the price of $5,300 and $7,500 ... For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Eco-Minister-fr-announced-a-7k-people-s-Electric-Car-global-competition-tp4679129.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
