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E.Leclercstarted working on its programme to foster electric mobility with Renault in 2010.It began equipping its supermarket and hypermarket car parks with charging stationsin 2011, buying Renault ZOE cars for its employees to use on the job in 2012, andsetting up clubs of “ambassadors” in French regions to stimulate clean mobilityin 2013. It has built this programme around making electric mobility more availableand providing education. E.Leclerc has also endorsed the French Transport Ministry’splan to set up 100,000 stations, and announced on 12 October last that it aimsto grow its existing charging capacity to reach 5,000 stations over the next twoyears then 10,000 by 2025.
Thisnew partnership between Groupe Renault and E.Leclerc Location will fast-trackefforts to bring the electric mobility experience to more people across France,at the most affordable pricing in the market. E.Leclerc has ordered 4,000 vehicles(3,000 Dacia Spring and 1,000 Renault ZOE), and hopes to encourage thousands ofdrivers to try this greener mobility option then adopt it.
Dacia Spring, the least expensive all-electricsupermini in the market
Groupe Renault’s 10-plus years’experience and almost 350,000 electric vehicles on roads today make it Europe’selectric vehicle leader. Its brand Dacia is merging electric mobility into its longstandingphilosophy, which revolves around offering contemporary cars with just theessentials, with Spring Electric.
Dacia Spring Electric is arevolution: it is the most inexpensive electric supermini in the Europeanmarket, and is bringing electric mobility even closer within reach. It comeswith an adventurous look, record-breaking space inside, a dependable electric engineand a reassuring range. All this adds up to a polyvalent and practical supermini.
Thislightweight compact car’s range is 225 km (WLTP) or 295 km (WLTP City, meaningthe urban cycle of the test procedure), making it extremely versatile in citiesas well as suburbs.
“I’m glad we can encourageour customers to go electric on such a large scale. This way, they can try outthe cars no strings attached, then adopt this kind of mobility over time. This isexactly the point of all our efforts for the environment and purchasing power.Thanks to Groupe Renault and its brand Dacia, we willbe able to provide a particularly affordable deal. This is a real step forwards,to build the market for the universal vehicle of the future!” Michel-Edouard Leclerc, Chairman of Centres E.Leclerc’s StrategyCommittee.
“In their respective fields, E.Leclerc and Dacia offerinexpensive, trustworthy, high-quality alternatives within everyone’s reach. Byoffering Dacia Spring cars, which are the most reasonably-priced electric vehiclesin Europe, E.Leclerc is opening the door to electric mobility for all, in as manyparts of France as possible. This is an exciting, purposeful partnership and itwill contribute to another of the commitments we share: building a carbon-freesociety. Tomorrow’s mobility will be built in ecosystems, together, and itstarts with partnerships like this.” Luca de Meo, CEO of GroupeRenault.
About Mouvement E.Leclerc
With 721 supermarkets and hypermarkets and 536 membersin France, E.Leclerc is one of the country’s leading retailers. It made €38.8 billionin revenue (excluding fuel) in 2019 and its leadership is corroborated by its 21.6%share in the market. This performance results from the policy that MouvementE.Leclerc has been applying since its inception in 1949: it fights, day afterday, to provide low prices and roll out a singular business model based on a decentralised,cooperative and participative organisation. Mouvement E.Leclerc’s members areindividual entrepreneurs who share the same aim – enabling everyone to livebetter while spending less – and strive to achieve it with pioneering, responsibleinitiatives, and with the lowest prices for comparable quality. These membersare in touch with and involved in their community, and invest sustainably tomake E.Leclerc centres the outlets that cater to their customers’ needs andprotect purchasing power every day.
About Groupe Renault
Groupe Renault has manufactured cars since 1898. Today it is aninternational multi-brand group, selling close to 3.8 million vehicles in 134countries in 2019, with 40 manufacturing sites, 12,700 points of sales andemploying more than 180,000 people.
To address the major technological challenges of the future, whilecontinuing to pursue its profitable growth strategy, Groupe Renault is focusingon international expansion. To this end, it is drawing on the synergies of itsfive brands (Renault, Dacia, Renault Samsung Motors, Alpine and LADA), electricvehicles, and its unique alliance with Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors. With a100% Renault owned team committed to the Formula 1 World Championship since2016, the brand is involved in motorsports, a real vector for innovation andawareness.
Press contacts
E.Leclerc press office
+33 1 80 18 18 10
Johanna Moreau
Pressofficer, Groupe Renault
+33 1 76 85 61 15
