The Renault Nissan Alliance is one of more than 40 organizations in Europe that have backed Green eMotion, a €42 million initiative to promote electricmobility and to ensure the fast-track success of electric vehicles.
Other automakers have also joined the cause, including BMW and Daimler. The initiative also involves city authorities, utility companies, universities and technology and research institutions.
There are many roadblocks preventing the easy, widespread adoption of electric vehicles. Green eMotion has been formed to address these challenges. The initiative will address issues such as the development of European processes, standards and IT solutions that allow EV customers easy and seamless access to charging infrastructure and related services throughout the EU.
“The local concepts applied to date, in which experience was accumulated in specific test regions, will now be bundled in cross-European trials. The aim is to pave the way for electromobility throughout Europe. This will require standards for infrastructure, networking and IT,” said Heike Barlag from Siemens, who coordinates the Green eMotion project. “By bundling individual activities in a major partner initiative we’re gaining momentum and transparency, and ensuring the coordinated development of electromobility.”
Nissan already aims to become the global leader in zero-emissions mobility. By 2015, the Renault Nissan Alliance will have the capacity to produce 500,000 EVs and batteries at its plants around the world, making it the only automotive group in the world to build electric vehicles and batteries on this scale.
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