Renault Fluence Z.E. concept– Click above for high-res image gallery
Last April,Better Placelaunched a pilot project in Tokyo aimed at demonstrating the feasibility of battery swapping as a means to provide electric taxis with near-instant range extension. In the first 90 days, the swap-capable electric taxis traversed more than 25,000 miles of roadways andBetter Place deemed the project a success. Better Place expanded the program, Better Placeannounced in Octoberthat its swap-capable electric taxis– a fleet of 61 vehicles to be exact– will be deployed on U.S. soil over the course of the next three years. The company's latest expansion is taking place in Copenhagen Denmark.
That's where Better Place andRenaultwill launch Europe's first Better Place Center this weekend and, along with it, what they're calling the first"unlimited mileage"electric car. The unlimited part, of course, comes from the exchangeable batteries in the Fluence Z.E., which visitors to the Center can now place an order for. Better Place is on hand to offer its eMobility subscription packages as welll.
The Fluence Z.E. starts at 205,000 DKK (€27,496, or $38,378 U.S. at current exchange rates) and BP's"all you can drive"package (well, up to 40,000 kilometers {25,000 miles} a year) costs another 2,995 DKK (€399, $556) a month. No matter how you slice it, that's a lot of money to go electric, even in a country where a gallon of gas costs the equivalent of $8.32. Better Place makes the best of it by saying the combination gives drivers,"unlimited driving range and unlimited kilometers in Denmark in an era when oil prices are at an all-time high and rising."A less-generous, 20,000-kilometer-per-year {12,500-mile} package costs between 1,495 DKK (€199, $277 ) to 1,895 DKK (€249, $347) a month. No matter which package you get, you'll need to pay a one-time fee of 9,995 DKK (€1,341, $1,870) for a private charge spot at home. Deliveries start later this year.
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