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Renault Twizy

Renault Twizy

The Renault Twizy is a battery-powered two seat electrical city car designed and marketed by Renault and manufactured in Valladolid, Spain. [1] [Two] Legally classified in Europe as a strenuous quadricycle (light quadricycle for the lower-powered Urban forty five model), the Twizy has a maximum range of one hundred km (62 mi).

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The Twizy debuted as a concept car at the two thousand nine Frankfurt Motor Demonstrate [Three] and was designed by Françoise Leboinne and Luciano Bove. In November 2010, Nissan announced a rebadged variant to the Twizy, called the Fresh Mobility Concept, or NMC. In May 2011, Renault announced they would produce the Twizy and began taking reservations.

In March 2012, the Twizy was released to the France market, followed a month later in the UK and several other European countries. [Four] Available in three models, kicking off at €6,990 up to €8,490 (in the UK: GB£6,990 to GB£7,400 ), the Twizy sales price does not include the battery pack, which is leased for a monthly fee that includes roadside assistance and a battery replacement ensure. [Five] [6]

The Twizy was the top-selling plug-in electrical vehicle in Europe during 2012. [7] The milestone of 15,000 Twizys sold worldwide was achieved in April 2015. [8] As of May two thousand sixteen [update] , the European region is the top selling market with over 17,000 units sold, led by Germany (Four,404), France (Four,048) and Italy (Two,696). [9] Global cumulative sales totaled Nineteen,342 units up until December 2016. [Ten]

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Construction and safety Edit

The Twizy is an ultra-compact vehicle, with a length of Two.32 metres (7 ft seven in), a width of 1.Nineteen metres (Three ft eleven in) and a height of 1.46 metres (Four ft nine in).

The vehicle’s framework and assets suggest occupants extra protection with its deformable structure, while the outboard position of the four wheels and the lateral bars located either side of the chassis provide protection in case of a side influence. The safety retention systems include a driver’s airbag, a four-point safety belt at the front and a three-point one at the rear.

The Twizy may be winterized with winter tires and adding flexi side windows to enclose the cabin. Heating would be provided by plugging in electrical blankets to keep the driver warm. [11]

Models Edit

The Twizy model is electrical, and it therefore is part of Renault’s Zero Emissions program.

Twizy Urban Edit

Twizy Urban forty five Edit

The Twizy range starts with the light quadricycle-classed Urban 45 that is priced at €6,990 in Europe with a monthly battery lease charge of €50. [12] It has a motor power of four kW (Five hp), a maximum speed of forty five km/h (28 mph) and can thus be driven in most European countries by drivers from fourteen years old with a special driving licence (France, Italy, Spain) or with a moped licence (Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Austria, Finland). [13]

Twizy Urban eighty Edit

The strenuous quadricycle-classed Urban 80 model features a thirteen kW (17 hp) electrical motor and can drive up to eighty km/h (50 mph). It is priced at €7,690.

Twizy Colour and Technic Edit

The Colour model is a colourful and ‘joy’ Twizy available for both the forty five and eighty trims. [ citation needed ]

The Technic model brings extra design elements while sharing the technical features with the Urban. It is priced at €8,490, and it is available for both the forty five and eighty trims. [ citation needed ]

Twizy Cargo Edit

In June two thousand thirteen Renault announced the introduction of the Twizy Cargo, a model designed for hauling goods. The space destined for the seat of the 2nd passenger was substituted with a cargo box with a volume of one hundred eighty L (6.Four cu ft) and maximum weight capacity of seventy five kg (165 lb). [14] [15]

Twizy Cargo forty five Edit

The Cargo forty five has four kW of power and top speed is limited to forty five km/h (28 mph). Pricing starts at €6,750 ( US$8,839 ) plus VAT and the monthly battery lease fee that starts at €50 ( US$65.50 ). [14]

Twizy Cargo eighty Edit

The Cargo eighty produces a top speed of eighty km/h (50 mph). Pricing starts at €7,350( US$9,625 ) plus VAT and the monthly battery lease fee that starts at €50 ( US$65.50 ). [14]

Nissan NMC Edit

A rebadged version of the Twizy was launched in Japan as the Nissan Fresh Mobility Concept (NMC). The electrified vehicle was deployed in Yokohama on eleven October two thousand thirteen for service on a one-way carsharing program called “Choimobi Yokohama” (Choimobi means “effortless mobility” in Japanese). During its very first month on the market, over two thousand seven hundred customers signed up for the service. [16] [17] A total of forty five units were registered through the end of October 2013. [Legal]

Battery Edit

The 6.1 kWh (22 MJ) lithium-ion battery is located underneath the front seat. Both motor variants carry the same weight of four hundred seventy four kg (1,045 lb), [Nineteen] including batteries of one hundred kg (220 lb). The range is homologated at one hundred km (62 mi). In real conditions, Renault announces around eighty km (50 mi). In worst conditions (high speed, no eco-driving), Twizy can reach fifty km (31 mi).

The battery can be charged with an extendable spiral cable stored underneath a flap at the front of the vehicle. The integrated charger is compatible with roadside battery charging facilities as well as the standard two hundred twenty V ten A household electrical supply. Charging an empty battery takes around three-and-a-half hours.

A planned Renault battery plant near Paris was delayed due to technical constraints. Construction will embark in the 2nd quarter of two thousand twelve [ needs update ] and production of batteries is expected to begin in two thousand fourteen or two thousand fifteen [ needs update ] . In the meantime Renault intends to buy batteries for its EV range from a joint venture inbetween Nissan Motor and NEC as well as LG Chem of South Korea. [20]

Twizy is only supplied with LG Chem modules. Batteries are assembled in Renault Valladolid plant.

Since its market launch in March 2012, global sales reached 9,020 units through the end of 2012, [21] of which, 9,015 units were sold in Europe, [21] making the Twizy the best-selling plug-in electrical vehicle in the European market that year. [7] In France, a total 1,551 units were registered through June 2012, including 1,212 Twizy 80s and three hundred thirty nine Twizy 45s, signifying a market share of 89% in the strenuous quadricycle segment, and a market share of 28.5% among all categories of electrical vehicles sold in France during the very first half of 2012, surpassing the Bollore Bluecar, the top selling highway-capable all-electric car during this time period. [22]

Global sales fell 66.4% in two thousand thirteen from 2012, with Trio,025 units delivered. [23] Cumulative sales reached 14,160 units through October 2014. [24] As of October two thousand fourteen [update] , the best-selling markets were Germany with Three,728 units and France with Three,276 units, followed by Italy with Two,265 units, Spain with 1,292, and Benelux with 1,137 units delivered since 2011. [23] The milestone of 15,000 Twizys sold worldwide was achieved in April 2015. [8]

Renault is introducing the Twizy to Ecuador, along with the Kangoo, expecting to import at least one hundred fifty to two hundred units inbetween the two models. The carmaker teamed with a shopping centre in Cumbayá (a suburb of Quito) and the Ecuadorean Production Ministry to hold a draw for two examples in an introductory campaign. The winners received their cars on seventeen February. All subsequent units are scheduled to arrive in-country from June, 2016, and will retail from USD14,990. [25] Sales in Latin America totaled three hundred five units through May 2016, with Colombia as the regional market leader with two hundred fifty two units, followed by Brazil with thirty four units. [9] The Renault Twizy forty was certified by Transport Canada in March 2016, and was scheduled to be released on the Canadian market by mid-2016. [26]

As of May two thousand sixteen [update] , Twizy sales led by Germany with Four,404 units, followed by France with Four,048, Italy with Two,696, Spain with 1,551, Benelux with 1,355, and Switzerland with 1,141. [9] Global cumulative sales totaled Nineteen,342 units up until December 2016. Of these, Legal,592 have been sold in Europe, indicating 96.1% of global sales. [Ten]

Renault tested a carsharing program called Twizy Way in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, beginning in late June 2012. During the testing phase the program operated with a fleet of fifty Renault Twizys distributed over a pilot area covering around twenty seven km two (Ten sq mi), and around two hundred were permitted to sign up for testing. [Five] Twizy Way opened the service to the general public in December 2012. [27]

In September two thousand fourteen the Chinese company Zhejiang Litong Fresh Energy Automobile Corporation launched the Rayttle E28. The E28 greatly resembles the Twizy in outside appearance, size and claimed spectacle. [28]

In the music movie of David Guetta’s song “Rest of my Life”, a Twizy was shown in one of the scenes where it is seen in a tunnel, and it also appeared in David Guetta’s movie for the song “Play Hard”. Several Twizys are featured in Guetta’s music movie of the song “The Alphabeat”. In it Guetta himself and the movie’s main characters drive Twizys. The cars are then charged by electro-stimulation generated by the dancing and hopping of the people attending Guetta’s gig. Several Twizys are also featured as a futuristic vehicle in a film by Terry Gilliam called: “The Zero Theorem”. A Twizy shows up in British medical drama Casualty, as the individual vehicle of nurse Robyn Miller.

Revised concept of the Twizy for a close-to-production vehicle, 2010, seen at the AutoRAI in Amsterdam.

Side view from the back at the motor demonstrate in Baden, 2012-05-05.

Renault Twizy compared to a regular-sized car.

Renault Twizy of the Madrid traffic directors.

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