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Renault confirms ZOE attendance at this year’s RAC Future Car Challenge

Renault has confirmed that its forthcoming ZOE all-electric supermini will participate in this year’s RAC Future Car Challenge. Andy Heiron, Head of Electric Vehicle Programme, Renault UK, said: “Our main aim is to demonstrate through a combination of the coverage the vehicles and the event get and the independently validated results that electric vehicles are a practical, viable alternative to the internal combustion engine for a significant proportion of car buyers. We would hope to generate coverage and interest in the ZOE and use the results to validate what sort of range figures can be achieved in ‘real world’ conditions when an EV is well driven.” With an official range of 130 miles on a single charge the ZOE should have no trouble completing the 63 mile route from Madeira Drive, Brighton to Imperial College and Regent Street in London. It isn’t the only new Renault ...

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