After a successful year long trial, the running of Renault’s innovative Twizy Way car-sharing scheme in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, has been handed to specialist operator KEYMOOV. The handover was completed on September 25th and the Twizy Way becomes the third car-sharing scheme in France purely for electric vehicles after Autolib in Paris and Autoblue in Nice.

Twizy Way, based around the electric urban two-seater, is perfect for Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, a new town created in 1960s to the south west of Paris. Renault closely monitored the trial, which started in 2012, and the experience gained has allowed the company to fine tune the service better to match customer requirements.

Electric vehicle owners in France now have around 100 more charging points in urban areas, following a partnership between Nissan and the Swedish retailer IKEA.

The Renault Twizy is the star of a new concept for tourists in Paris. Twiztour invites visitors to get behind the wheel of a Twizy and see the sights of the French capital following a special tourist-friendly GPS route. Alternatively, they can opt  for a personalised tour by following a guide who is also driving a Twizy!

The all-electric Twizy is ideal for zipping around the narrow cobbled streets of Paris and has the added benefit of being easy to park in the smallest of spaces – something that is not negligible in Paris's busy streets.

If you thought Paris to the South of France in an electric vehicle on just one charge could not be done, think again.

Thanks to an innovative partnership between Nissan and French national rail company SNCF, Nissan LEAF drivers can take their car on vacation without worrying about battery range, motorway tolls or the stress of dealing with vacation traffic on a long journey. 

The Renault ZOE and Nissan LEAF have found a new lease of life as police patrol cars, with constabularies in the UK and France choosing to equip their officers with the zero-emission vehicles.

Since January 2012, the Renault Z.E. Center in Boulogne-Billancourt near Paris has organized over 21,000 electric vehicle test drives for professional, institutional and individual customers and brand guests. More than 50,000 zero-emission kilometers have been driven over the last 18 months.

In 2010, the city of Lyon adopted an equitable and sustainable approach to urban management through its territorial climate and energy plan (PCET). Further reflecting its environmental aims, the city acquired a pool of ten Renault ZOE vehicles in March 2013.

Renowned pastry chef Pierre Hermé has found an unusual way to give people a taste for electric vehicles. To coincide with the Salon du Chocolat in Paris last year, the French pâtissier took up Renault's challenge to entirely cover a Twizy with his delicious macaroons.