One of our Renault Fluence Z.E.s escaped from our official fleet to meet some locals near the beach.

Paulo Eduardo, a hang-gliding instructor, got a chance to test drive the car and told us how riding a Renault Fluence Z.E. is very much like gliding through the air!

Someone is getting a lot of attention at our booth at Rio+20. It’s the Renault Twizy which went on sale in March.

Haven’t heard of Twizy? Meet Didier Deffrasnes, our Renault EV expert, who explains all about this fun, two-seater electric vehicle.

Our Renault Fluence Z.E. and Nissan LEAF have been working hard shuttling UN delegates around all day. So we decided to give them some time off and take them to the beach.
They had a lot of fun but got held up in Ipanema... and not by the traffic.

Meet Krystal Laymon – here at Rio+20 from Columbia University in New York City - and find out how much she enjoyed her first ride in a zero-emission car, a Nissan LEAF.
 

The Alliance is running an EV shuttle for the United Nations at Rio+20. Kathleen Abdalla, Chief of the organization and logistics of Rio+20 at the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, comments after the shuttle handover ceremony and tells us how electric mobility is an important contributor to advancing the goals of sustainable development.

A fleet of electric vehicles from the Renault-Nissan Alliance will shuttle United Nations delegates at its Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, the world’s largest environmental summit.

More than 50,000 delegates, including 400 from the UN, are expected to attend the summit - nicknamed “Rio+20” - to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the United Nations’ Earth Summit in Rio, where countries agreed to a blueprint for economic growth, social equity and environmental protection.

Welcome to Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where the Alliance is running an EV shuttle service for the United Nations delegates. Close to the RioCentro Convention Center where most of the high-level Rio+20 talks are taking place, you will find the HSBC Arena. This is where Nissan LEAF, Renault Kangoo Z.E. and Twizy are on display and where you can sign up for a zero-emission test drive. 

Here is Mia Nielsen introducing our activities in Rio.

Zero-emission vehicles will have a role to play at the upcoming United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development - also known as Rio+20 - in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

From June 13-22, a fleet of electric vehicles from the Alliance - Nissan LEAF, Renault Kangoo Z.E. and Renault Fluence Z.E. - will be used for shuttling UN delegates in and around the city. The vehicles will also be made available to the delegates for test driving.