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<strong>Renault</strong> Commitment<br />
2009<br />
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Product plan 2006-2009: 26 new models<br />
Among the world's top three for CO2<br />
emissions<br />
The Altica concept car<br />
combines the styling of a station wagon<br />
with high standards of traveling comfort.<br />
<strong>Renault</strong> will be backing up its product offensive<br />
with continuous efforts to develop technologies, drawing<br />
support from the Alliance with Nissan. The company will<br />
pursue innovation in passive safety – in order to maintain<br />
its leadership position in Europe – as well as fuel<br />
economy and CO2 emissions. Within the Alliance,<br />
<strong>Renault</strong> is preparing a full range of alternative<br />
technologies, such as hybrids, fuel cells, electric<br />
vehicles and continuously variable transmissions.<br />
In France, by the end of the plan, <strong>Renault</strong> fuel cell<br />
vehicles equipped with the latest Alliance technologies<br />
will be tested.<br />
At the same time, efforts will continue to optimize<br />
traditional powertrains. Today, biofuels offer the most<br />
effective way of reducing CO2 emissions. Based on<br />
<strong>Renault</strong>’s existing flex-fuel technology on sale in Brazil, 50%<br />
of its gasoline-powered engines sold in Europe in 2009 will<br />
be able to operate with a mixture of gasoline and ethanol.<br />
By then, all <strong>Renault</strong> diesel engines will also be able to<br />
run on 30% diester*. The first biofuel cars will be<br />
launched at the end of 2006.<br />
Today, <strong>Renault</strong> already ranks among the top three<br />
European automakers for fuel economy and CO2<br />
emissions. In 2004, one out of every four cars sold<br />
in Europe emitting less than 120g/km was a <strong>Renault</strong>.<br />
The company will maintain that position over the next<br />
four years. By 2008, <strong>Renault</strong> will sell 1 million cars<br />
emitting less than 140g/km of CO2, of which one-third<br />
will be below 120g/km.<br />
* Diester is a fuel obtained from vegetable or animal oil.<br />
<strong>Renault</strong>: efficient lineup in fuel economy<br />
and CO2 emissions<br />
<strong>Renault</strong> will continue to optimize traditional powertrains.<br />
KAMA: Korean Automobile Manufacturers Association<br />
JAMA: Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association<br />
ACEA: European Automobile Manufacturers Association<br />
<strong>2005</strong> <strong>Renault</strong> Annual Report<br />
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