Green Drive: Renault Twizy Launched
With Twizy, Renault has invented an entirely new way of getting around town: 100 per cent electric, it is high on style, novel in its format and perfect for safe and secure in-town travel.
The Twizy range will begin at €6,900 (S$12,148) inclusive of taxes.
Like Fluence Z.E. and Kangoo Z.E. buyers, Twizy customers will lease the battery. The monthly subscription in Europe will be €45 (S$79) inclusive of taxes for an annual distance travelled of 7,500km (UK pricing and mileage available at later date), a figure which covers the vast majority of ordinary motorists' requirements. Twizy's running costs – insurance, maintenance and energy (battery lease and electricity for recharging) – are just as modest, working out at 15 per cent lower than those of a three-wheeled scooter.
A full charge of Twizy’s batteries takes 3½ hours using a domestic supply via the cable stowed behind a flap at the front of the vehicle. Different adaptors will be made available to connect Twizy to all types of public and private charging points.
Twizy's range on the standardised urban cycle is 60 miles (96 km). In everyday use, this range can vary from 34 to 72 miles, depending on the driving conditions encountered. The principal factors influencing actual range are driving style (eco-driving, normal driving or sporty driving), and whether the traffic is heavy or free flowing.
As announced at last year's Paris Motor Show, Twizy will go on sale at the end of 2011 at prices comparable with those of a three-wheeled scooter.
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