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The article seems to mix up the petrol driven concept car and the electric car planned for 2012 (which has changed appearance quite a bit since the first announcements). It looks like the definitive Zoe won't have much to do with the concept car. -- 84.119.72.49 ( talk) 21:28, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
Added a brief note stating that the EFF (Electric Frontier Foundation) was critical of the Zoe in a blog post. They cited it as an example of DRM in cars. The edit did not mention DRM specifically due to possible controvery, and merely summarized their central argument. 134.134.139.72 ( talk) 14:28, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
I'd like to point out that I can't follow the argument for removing the photographic evidence of the Zoe displaying a message about having been deactivated due to battery lease contract issues. I was the user making that edit, and just to make one thing clear, I drive a Zoe myself. My battery lease contract also states that Renault reserves the right to "disable the charging function" in the event of me not paying the battery lease on time. I suppose the photograph could've been doctored, though frankly it looks geniune and is corroborated by the text in the battery lease contract that I signed myself. I should also add that the only statement to the contrary comes from Renault via Twitter, and it contradicts their language in the contract. Perhaps pointing to this contradiction would be acceptable? Toumal ( talk) 16:48, 25 April 2016 (UTC
The article should elaborate more in depth how the R. Zoe's unique, up to 43kW AC charging technology works. That capability, brand named Chameleon, is only available with the optional "Q90" traction motor which is apparently built by the hungarian branch of Continental, the tire-maker giant. That electric motor is reportedly of the synchronous, externally excited variety and equipped with slip-rings and somehow actively participates in the car's very rapid battery charging process.
The article doesn't clearly explain however what exactly makes the Chameleon scheme work? One can only theorize if the motor is maybe run with reversed juice flow during battery charging, essentially becoming a phase-splitter or rotary phase converter (umformer) apparatus which turns the umbilical's 3-phase input into single-phase AC, before forwarding it to the on-board semiconductor racks that further process it into DC? On the other hand, why would single-phase AC rectify to DC at a higher power rate compared to 3-phase, if processed by the same amount of electronic racks found in the car? Furthermore, eye-witnesses claim the Zoe's traction motor doesn't spin in idle during battery charging, which contradicts the "rotienden umformer" theory of operation? The marketing materials available on Renault's website doesn1t contain any deeper technical info.
Thus please augment this article if reliable technical info is available. Thanks in advance! 80.99.11.157 ( talk) 17:58, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
I reverted a change with the edit comment "Broken link, lost context, changed to units not commonly used in automotive articles". This was reverted with the edit comment "Completely false", probably by the same user, judging from geolocation. I will here explain my edit comment.
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The article seems to mix up the petrol driven concept car and the electric car planned for 2012 (which has changed appearance quite a bit since the first announcements). It looks like the definitive Zoe won't have much to do with the concept car. -- 84.119.72.49 ( talk) 21:28, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
Added a brief note stating that the EFF (Electric Frontier Foundation) was critical of the Zoe in a blog post. They cited it as an example of DRM in cars. The edit did not mention DRM specifically due to possible controvery, and merely summarized their central argument. 134.134.139.72 ( talk) 14:28, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
I'd like to point out that I can't follow the argument for removing the photographic evidence of the Zoe displaying a message about having been deactivated due to battery lease contract issues. I was the user making that edit, and just to make one thing clear, I drive a Zoe myself. My battery lease contract also states that Renault reserves the right to "disable the charging function" in the event of me not paying the battery lease on time. I suppose the photograph could've been doctored, though frankly it looks geniune and is corroborated by the text in the battery lease contract that I signed myself. I should also add that the only statement to the contrary comes from Renault via Twitter, and it contradicts their language in the contract. Perhaps pointing to this contradiction would be acceptable? Toumal ( talk) 16:48, 25 April 2016 (UTC
The article should elaborate more in depth how the R. Zoe's unique, up to 43kW AC charging technology works. That capability, brand named Chameleon, is only available with the optional "Q90" traction motor which is apparently built by the hungarian branch of Continental, the tire-maker giant. That electric motor is reportedly of the synchronous, externally excited variety and equipped with slip-rings and somehow actively participates in the car's very rapid battery charging process.
The article doesn't clearly explain however what exactly makes the Chameleon scheme work? One can only theorize if the motor is maybe run with reversed juice flow during battery charging, essentially becoming a phase-splitter or rotary phase converter (umformer) apparatus which turns the umbilical's 3-phase input into single-phase AC, before forwarding it to the on-board semiconductor racks that further process it into DC? On the other hand, why would single-phase AC rectify to DC at a higher power rate compared to 3-phase, if processed by the same amount of electronic racks found in the car? Furthermore, eye-witnesses claim the Zoe's traction motor doesn't spin in idle during battery charging, which contradicts the "rotienden umformer" theory of operation? The marketing materials available on Renault's website doesn1t contain any deeper technical info.
Thus please augment this article if reliable technical info is available. Thanks in advance! 80.99.11.157 ( talk) 17:58, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
I reverted a change with the edit comment "Broken link, lost context, changed to units not commonly used in automotive articles". This was reverted with the edit comment "Completely false", probably by the same user, judging from geolocation. I will here explain my edit comment.