Renault Fluence Z.E. of the car in Estonia. In France prices start from before the applicable €5,000 government incentive that is available for purchases through 2012. The monthly fee for the switchable-battery service start from €82 including VAT. Since 2010, a total of 727 Fluence Z.E.s have been registered in France through October 2014. Orders for the Renault Fluence ZE began in July 2011 starting at NIS 123,000 (, ), a price slightly higher than gasoline-powered car of similar size. Better Place offered five service packages in Israel. The service plans were priced according to annual mileage and also include installation and maintenance
Environmental aspects of the electric car 60% of Americans, up from 45% in 2009, live in regions where an all-electric car produce fewer equivalent emissions per mile than the most efficient hybrid. The UCS study found two reasons for the improvement. First, electric utilities have adopted cleaner sources of electricity to their mix between the two analysis. Second, electric vehicles have become more efficient, as the average 2013 all-electric vehicle used , representing a 5% improvement over 2011 models. Also, some new models are cleaner than the average, such as the BMW i3, which is rated at 0.27 kWh by the EPA. In states with a