Mr. Ghosn recently said Renault wouldn't equip models other than the Fluence with the battery-swapping technology.
The Fluence ZE began arriving in test markets in Israel and Denmark during the second quarter.
Renault is trying to hold down prices by separating the cost of the battery from its new electric car, the Fluence.
The first cars equipped with Better Place technology were Renault Fluence Z.
In addition, the company assembles the Fluence midsize car from parts imported from South Korea and the Koleos SUV with parts brought from Romania.
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The company sells the Fluence but owns the battery, the most expensive component of an electric car and charges drivers for the miles they drive.
There was a largish family saloon (the Fluence), a supermini-sized hatchback (the Zoe), the Kangoo Be Bop ZE and a wacky two-seat urban runabout (the Twizy).
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Those two countries are where Better Place has launched its first two networks of switch stations that let customers swap out depleted batteries in their Renault Fluence Z.
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Better Place struggled partly because it only had a few dozen battery-switching stations in Israel and Denmark the company abandoned projects in the U.S. and Australia while the specially adapted Fluence sedans were too large given the small-car preference of local consumers.
Drivers buy their Renault Fluence Z.
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And Renault, which is making the biggest push into electric vehicles, is planning to launch a scooter-type car called the Twizy (in which a single passenger sits behind the driver like on a motorcycle), a midsized family car called the Fluence and the sportier Zoe.
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