Renault to offer ‘get you home’ guarantee for EVs

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 18 Mar 2011, 06:47

Car Advice - 18/03/11

Renault is set to eliminate the latest automotive peril of ‘range anxiety’ with a new “get you home guarantee” with its electric vehicles.

According to UK publication Autocar, Renault will deliver a replacement vehicle to stranded Renault EV drivers in Europe if their vehicle runs out of juice.

But think again before you set off on a road trip from Poland to Portugal expecting a new car every 100km.

Renault says the deal will only apply if the journey you were taking was realistic for the range of the vehicle, and the EV’s charge was drained because of unforeseen traffic jams or bad weather that would force the use of air-conditioning or the windscreen wipers.

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DominicJ · Post by **DominicJ** » 18 Mar 2011, 09:33

Whats an "unforseen" traffic jam?
Is it different that than M5/M6 intersection every day?

What this actualy will be, is a break down service.
If you run out of battery power, the AA turn up and tow you home, with up to a pre set number of call outs a year.....

ujoni08 · Post by **ujoni08** » 18 Mar 2011, 17:24

Although I guess traffic jams don't drain the battery, unless it's freezing and you have the heater on.
Jon

DominicJ · Post by **DominicJ** » 21 Mar 2011, 08:51

ujoni
Very few jams involve being stationary for long periods.
I got stuck in the Birmingham one once, it took me 90 minutes to go 5 miles, but I was never actualy stationary for very long. It weas just constant stop, start, coast a bit speed up a bit to stop some muppet "overtaking", brake because the muppet in front of you has just slammed his brakes on. Start, coast a bit, block overtaking muppet again, coast, stop because someone else failed to block another overtaking muppet.......

JohnB · Post by **JohnB** » 21 Mar 2011, 10:21

DominicJ wrote:It weas just constant stop, start, coast a bit speed up a bit to stop some muppet "overtaking", brake because the muppet in front of you has just slammed his brakes on. Start, coast a bit, block overtaking muppet again, coast, stop because someone else failed to block another overtaking muppet.......

Do you live in Britain, or some fantasy world?

DominicJ · Post by **DominicJ** » 21 Mar 2011, 10:31

I was leaving Birmingham....