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Renault to launch Fluence sedan in 2009, electric version in 2011

Posted from AutoblogGreen 62 days ago
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Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Renault, Paris Motor ShowRenault on Thursday revealed the third generation C-segment Megane at the Paris Motor Show. The sedan version of the old Megane will be replaced by a new sedan in 2009 called Fluence. The Fluence will start off using conventional drivertrains, but two years after introduction, it will go electric. Renault EVP Patrick Pelata told a summit in Paris that when the electric Fluence launches in 2011 the company expects to start with 20-40,000 units. A year after the battery-powered Fluence arrives, a smaller compact electric car will also arrive. Tha... (original story)