Spain soon to be the first Carbon-FREE Country
I came across this gem while catching up on news that happened during my time at Marine Corps Officer's Candidate School, October through December. In short, Spain expects to have a significant fleet of EVs on Spanish streets by 2011. Since 40+% of the country's electric grid is powered by wind, the entire Electric Vehicle fleet and their respective power source will be carbon-free. This is a country that understands the direction in which the world is heading and is not delaying in getting there. Congrats to Spain!
Spain And Renault Study Electric Car Plan
Date: 21-Oct-08
Country: SPAIN
"We
are going to put together a working group before February to study a
medium- to long-term plan to develop an electric car in Spain with
Renault as a main player," Sebastian said.
The government hopes 1 million electric cars will be criss-crossing Spanish streets by 2011, he said.
Sebastian
said the country's electricity producers had also expressed interest in
the plan, following news that French power utility EDF had signed a
deal with Renault to develop a large scale electric car project,
starting in France.
The plan would be a boon for an industry that
saw sales tumble 32 percent in September during a sharp economic
downturn, resulting in large-scale layoffs, and which is under pressure
to address environmental concerns, he said.
Several European countries are developing projects to introduce electric cars.
Renault
sees demand for as many as 50,000 electric vehicles in 2011, the year
the carmaker will begin selling zero emission cars in Denmark, Israel
and Portugal.
Renault is to produce a car for those markets,
known as the 'Fluence', based on its mid-sized Megane model, and will
eventually offer a full family of electric vehicles.
The French
carmaker says taking into account carbon dioxide produced to charge the
battery, C02 emissions would be at worst 60g per kilometre versus an
average of 158g/km for European carmakers.
(Reporting by Andrew Hay and Manuel Maria Ruiz; Writing by Paul Day; Editing by David Cowell)
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