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10/7/11

Alternative Energy EU: Paris installs electric car stations for rentals

Parisians have been given the opportunity of test driving the new electric 'Autolib' cars as the French capital prepared to go live with what aims to be one of the world's largest electric car-sharing schemes.

Autolib' - named after Paris' four-year-old Velib' bike-sharing system - began its testing phase of the "Bluecars" on Sunday. For two months Parisians will be able to try out the 'zero emissions and zero noise' electric cars with a range of 250km per full battery.

The official start of the car sharing service is scheduled for 5 December, 2011 and it is expected to be one of the world's largest electric car-sharing programmes.

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