Renault and Itaipu sign an agreement on electric vehicle development in Brazil

Sao Paulo, October 07th, 2013. Renault and Itaipu are announcing today in Sao Paulo the signature of a collaboration deal which will lead to the local assembling of 32 Renault Twizy at Itaipu’s EV Research, Development and Assembly Center (CPDM-VE/IB) in Foz do Iguaçu, State of Paraná. The cars, supplied by Renault, will be imported as incompletely disassembled kits for restricted use by Itaipu and partner institutions of the EV Program.

After signing this deal, Renault officially becomes a member of the EV Program, an initiative led by Itaipu Binational and the Swiss company Kraftwerke Oberhasli AG/KWO.