Nissan, Europcar to market electric vehicles by 2010

27 May 2009

Nissan Motors and European passenger car and light utility vehicle rental firm, Europcar, have agreed to form a partnership to market electric vehicles by 2010 and advance zero-emission mobility on a global scale, Nissan said.

Nissan Motors will sell its electric vehicles to Europcar, which will use these cars in its car rental business reaching a broader customer base.

Electric vehicles will be rolled out in France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand and will be subsequently extended to other countries, the companies said.

The companies have not clarified whether the vehicles will carry the Nissan brand.

''This signature fits perfectly with the principles of our Green Charter and our action policy intended to offer our customers a fleet with as limited an impact as possible on the environment," Rafael Girona, Europcar Groupe's COO, said in a press release.

Girona said, "We will thus give our customers the option of exploring a new means of mobility by giving them the unique experience of using an electric vehicle in order to encourage them to become better eco-citizens.''