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<\/div>You Get A Car!<\/h2>
The electric automaker Renault just gave every household in the tiny French town of Appy a free three-year lease for one of its electric cars.<\/p>
Is it a PR stunt? Yes. Could it also do some good along the way? It’s possible! Business Insider <\/a><\/em>reports<\/a> that the company is trying to demonstrate that electric vehicles can be useful to people living in remote or rural areas, rather than just city-slickers, like many assume. And while the end goal is more car sales for Renault, wider adoption of clean energy wouldn’t be so bad either.<\/p> The whole campaign involves fewer cars than one might think: As of 2017<\/a>, only 25 people lived in Appy in total. Grouping residents together into households means that Renault isn’t exactly breaking bank on this stunt.<\/p> But all the same, Business Insider<\/em> reports that each home will get a Renault Zoe<\/a> electric car and a home charging unit. Renault will also construct one public charging station — the EV equivalent of a gas pump — in the town.<\/p> Ironically, it’s that last part that will make widespread EV adoption easier. With government subsidies, electric cars like the Zoe are already extremely cheap<\/a> in Europe.<\/p> But it’s the lack of infrastructure<\/a> like public chargers, coupled with limited battery range, that actually makes it difficult to switch from gas to electric.<\/p> READ MORE: <\/strong>Renault just gave an entire French town free EVs to prove it’s easy to go electric<\/a> [Business Insider<\/em>]<\/p> More on electric vehicles:<\/strong> Subsidies Mean This Electric Car Is Literally Free in Germany<\/a><\/em><\/p> The post Everyone in This French Town Just Got a Free Electric Car<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> See the original post here: You Get A Car! The electric automaker Renault just gave every household in the tiny French town of Appy a free three-year lease for one of its electric cars. Is it a PR stunt? Yes. Continue reading And YOU Get A Car!<\/h2>
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