Hundreds Aiways U5 as rental car on French island Corsica
The first major order is a fact. In Corsica, the local Hertz branch is committed to electric driving with conviction. There is a real program going on on the French island, under the name Electrify Corsica is fully committed to significant emissions savings and environmental measures. Further details of the program will be revealed in June.
It is already known that a few hundred pieces of the Aiways U5 are used as rental cars. After all, an island is the ideal backdrop, because the distances do not increase too much. Presumably, dozens of charging points will also be installed.
Jean Noel Filippi from Hertz Corsica is convinced of the quality and usability of the Aiways U5. Not without reason, because a battery pack of 63 kWh provides a driving range of 400 kilometers according to the WLTP standard.
The Aiways U5 is a fully electric SUV made in China, which looks a bit more alluring than the MG ZS EV. The first 500 copies to be shipped to Europe have already been forgiven. These will be rental cars in Corsica, both for residents and tourists.
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Aiways to send several hundred U5 to Corsica Aiways supplies the car rental company Filippi Auto in Corsica with several hundred units of its battery electric SUV U5 as part of the Electrify Corsica project. Filippi Auto is thus the first major customer of Aiways in Europe. The Corsican client is the operator of the Hertz car rental companies on the Mediterranean island. The Chinese BEV fleet is to be integrated into the company’s fleet of cars as early as this summer, according to a press release we received by email. The procurement project is part of a large-scale campaign… Read more »