It doesn't get any better than this:
Renault rapped for UK electric car advert
12 May 2010
French carmaker Renault has been ordered to change a UK advert for its forthcoming range of electric cars as it was considered misleading by citing figures based on the French electricity generation mix, which relies more on clean nuclear energy.
Renault plans to launch four models of all-electric Zero Emission (ZE) vehicles by the end of 2012: the ultra-compact Twizy ZE; the Zoe ZE hatchback; the Fluence ZE saloon; and the Kangoo ZE small van.
In a UK national press advertisement, Renault claimed that the "well-to-wheel efficiency of a Renault Fluence ZE will help reduce CO2 emissions by at least 90% compared to a current diesel model," the 1.5-litre Megane Hatch. However, in the small print Renault said that this calculation was based on French figures, where the majority - some 75% - of electricity is produced by nuclear power plants.
The UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received a complaint from a reader who said that the advert was misleading because the 90% figure was based on the French electricity mix, not on the UK's, which relies on nuclear energy for only about 18% of its electricity.
http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/EE-Renault_rapped_for_UK_electric_car_advert-1205104.html">Renault rapped for UK electric car advert.
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