Australia Post trials Renault electric vehicle

Australia Post has announced that it will soon start a trial of an electric van from Renault. The Kangoo Z.E. will be trialled in Melbourne and Sydney for 12 months.Australia Post's Port Melbourne Business Hub will receive two Kangoo Maxi Z.E. vans mid-year. Two other vans will be delivered to StarTrack House in Sydney by the end of 2014. Charging stations at each location will be powered by accredited GreenPower sources.The charging station at Australia Post's Port Melbourne Business Hub is funded by the Victorian Government Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure.La Poste, the French postal service, announced in 2011 that it was ordering 10,000 Renault Kangoo Z.E. vans.