Renault Group has made official a partnership with Phoenix Mobility. The start-up works with the French carmaker at the Re-factory in Flins to retrofit Renault Master vans.

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The fifth generation 2017 Nissan Micra unveiled at the 2016 Paris Motor Show will go on sale in Europe in March 2017. It will be built in Flins, France.

The 2017 Nissan Micra that was introduced at the 2016 Paris Motor Show last month will be built in Flins, France, and go on sale in Europe in March 2017.

Nissan-Renault chief Carlos Ghosn, at the Renault plant in Flins, France (Photo: Thierry Stefanopoulos/Bloomberg) Half of the electric vehicles rolling emissions-free on the world’s roads are not from who many would think they are. “The Renault-Nissan Alliance, the world's leader in zero-emissions mobility, has sold its 350,000th electric vehicle since December [...]

Manufacturer: Renault S.A., Boulogne-Billancourt (Paris) - France Type: R16 TX 9CV Production time: 1973 - 1979 Production outlet: unknown Production outlet: 1,845,959 (1965-1979 all models) Engine: 1647cc straight-4 Renault A-type Power: 93 bhp / 6.000 rpm Torque: 129 Nm / 3.500 rpm Drivetrain: front wheels Speed: 170 km/h Curb weight: 1030 kg Wheelbase: 105.5 inch Chassis: self-supporting body (frame floor assembly welded with body) Steering: rack & pinion Gearbox: five-speed manual (all synchronized) / steering column shifter Clutch: dry plate spring spacer Carburettor: Weber 32 DAR Fuel tank: 50 liter Electric system: 12 Volts Ignition system: distributor and coil Brakes front: powered hydraulic Lockheed discs Brakes rear: powered hydraulic drums Suspension front: independent with torsion bars lying lengthwise, double trapezoidal wishbones, sway bar and telescopic shock absorbers Suspension rear: independent single wheel with longitudinal struts, torsion bars suspension thrust and telescopic shock absorbers Rear axle: swing type Differential: hypoid Wheels: VA J 14 inch Tires: 155 SR 14 Options: a three-speed automatic gearbox Special: - The 1965 R16 (1966 European Car of the Year), designed by Philippe Charbonneaux, was a revolutionary car (the first hatchback in the middle class) with an almost all-aluminum engine with removable cylinder bushes, a closed cooling system with a self-regulating electric cooling fan (by Yves Georges), power windows on the front doors (TX), central door locking (TX), hatchback design with its fifth door, tiltable backseat (with straps) and flat load floor (410 / 730 / 1200 dm3). The rear seat could be moved so that it joined the folded down front chair, which provide a huge space, a “chaise longue”, on with you could sleep. - To compensate heavy loads in the back, the headlights were manually adjustable by a knob on the dashboard. - The two back wheel axles shafts are not in-line. The left wheelbase is 70 mm (2.76 inch) longer than the right wheelbase, to accommodate the torsion bar suspension. - The “Seize” TX Series (four rectangular headlights with large turn signal lights underneath), assembled in Sandouville (France), Flins (France) and in West Heidelberg (Australia), was the last of the “16” line.

Manufacturer: Renault S.A., Boulogne-Billancourt (Paris) - France Type: R1090 Dauphine 30CH Production time: 1956 - 1967 Production outlet: 2,150,738 Engine: 845cc straight-4 Ventoux1093B Type 670-1 forced-air-cooled Power: 32 bhp / 4.500 rpm Torque: 66 Nm / 2.000 rpm Drivetrain: rear wheels Speed: 116 km/h Curb weight: 640 kg Wheelbase: 89.3 inch Chassis: steel monocoque chassis with a pair of perimeter-shaped longitudinal box sections and substantial cross-bracing Steering: rack & pinion Gearbox: three-speed manual gearbox / II and III synchronized / floor shift Clutch: single dry plate Carburettor: Solex 28 IBT Fuel tank: 32 liter Electric system: Ducellier 6 Volts 90 Ah Ignition system: distributor and coil Brakes front: 9.016 inch Bendix hydraulic drums Brakes rear: 9.016 inch Bendix hydraulic drums Suspension front: independent trapezoidal wishbones, sway bar, coil springs + hydraulic telescopic shock absorbers Suspension rear: independent high-pivot swing axle, trunnion arms in the transaxle housing, concentric coil springs + hydraulic telescopic dampers sitting atop the swing tubes (“trumpet casings”) Rear axle: high-pivot swing axle Differential: spiral bevel 4,375:1 Wheels: 15 inch steel discs Tires: 135x380 or 145-15 Options: push button three-speed semi-automatic transmission by Jaeger with an electromagnetically operated Ferlec clutch and no separate clutch pedal (from 1963), four-speed manual gearbox (all synchronized), Special: - The Dauphine / Ondine (deluxe version) was designed by the engineer Fernand Picard, Robert Barthaud and Jacques Ousset with the help of the Italian designer Luigi Segre of Carrozzeria Ghia SpA, Milan (Boana), starting with "Project 109" already in 1949☺! - The "1090" was official introduced at the 1956 Salon International de l'Auto in Geneva. But it actually debuted two days earlier on March 6, 1956 at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris with over twenty thousand people having the "première". - It was technically based on the 4CV (1946) with a Ventoux 845cc overhead valve engine mounted in the back with the luggage and the spare wheel are located under a "flap" on the front. - Dauphine stands for the feminine form of the French feudal title of The Dauphin of Viennois (Dauphin de Viennois), a title given to the heir apparent to the throne of France from 1350 to 1791 and 1824 to 1830. - It was the first French mass produced car selling more than 2 million units. - It was the first European car produced in Argentina (Industrias Kaiser Argentina S.A. (IKA), Santa Isabel, Córdoba Province). - They were assembled in France (Flins, Yvelines), Spain (Valladolid), Mexico (Ciudad Sahagún), Australia (Heidelberg), Algeria (CARAL, Algiers), Belgium (RIB, Haren-Vilvoorde), Brazil (under license by Willys-Overland, São Bernardo do Campo), Israel (Kaiser-Frazer Corporation, Nesher, Haifa), Italy (under license by Alfa Romeo but with a (Magneti-Marelli) 12-Volts electric system, special lights, and the logo "Dauphine Alfa Romeo" or "Ondine Alfa Romeo", build in Portello, Milan), New Zealand (under contract to W. R. Smallbone Ltd by Todd Motors' Petone plant, Petone, Thames), Japan (Hino Motors Ltd., Hino-shi, Tokyo), Spain (F.A.S.A.) and in the United States (the base vehicle for the Henney Kilowatt, an electric car).