
© Wave 2012
... is on tour for Switzerland: the two-week rally with the Renault Fluence Z.E. was shared by the two teams led by Peter Kengelbacher (from Genoa to Basel) and Jochen Roehl (from Basel to Amsterdam). After 160 kilometers, the electric sedan has to be recharged: at 220 volts for six to eight hours, at 63-ampere heavy current for only one hour. A 250 kilogram lithium-ion battery pack is stowed behind the rear seat, which supplies the 70 kW electric motor under the hood with its 22 kWh.