Five years since the launch of its first electric vehicle, Renault has handed over the keys to its 100,000th electric car customer. The Renault Zoe was sold to 41 year old Norwegian, Mr. Åsmund Gillebo. Mr Gillebo was also presented with five years of Fortim recharging and 100,000 minutes of recharging time from Grønn kontakt, two local energy suppliers.

In the first half of 2016, Renault sold more than 15,000 electric vehicles (excluding the Twizy), an increase of 32 per cent on the previous year. On European roads, one in every four electric vehicles is a Renault, and in France, half of all electric cars are Renaults. Renault’s main markets for electric cars are France, Norway, the UK and Germany. In the UK, Renault Z.E. sales grew to 1,199 in the first half of 2016 – an increase of 26.1 per cent. Of this, 1,069 of the vehicles were the all-electric Zoe – a 39.4 per cent increase on the first six months of 2015. Since the launch of its Z.E. vehicles in the UK in 2011, Renault has sold 5,977 electric vehicles to date, comprising Fluence, Kangoo Van Z.E, Twizy and Zoe models.