The Renault-Nissan Alliance, which claims to be the world's leader in zero-emission mobility, has sold its 250,000th electric vehicle (EV): a white Renault ZOE sold to a French engineer. The French/Japanese motor group has reached the historic milestone in early June, 4 ½ years after the launch of the Nissan Leaf, the world's first mass-market zero-emission vehicle.

The Alliance today accounts for about half of the electric vehicles sold worldwide. Nissan Leaf remains the best-selling electric vehicle of all time, with more than 180,000 units sold. Out of the total 185,000 were Nissans and the balance were Renault branded cars. Renault claims to have been the No. 1 EV brand in Europe for the last two months, with a market share of 26 percent.

From January through to May this year, the Alliance sold about 31,700 electric vehicles – up nearly 15% over the same period of last year.

The Renault-Nissan Alliance now has six models on the road claims to be the only global car group with a full range of 100% electric vehicles. In addition to the Leaf, Nissan also sells the e-NV200 van. Renault sells the Renault Zoe, Kangoo Z.E van, the SM3 Z.E. car and the Twizy, a two-seater urban commuter vehicle.

The Renault-Nissan Alliance was recently chosen as the official passenger-car provider for the United Nation's COP21 climate conference in Paris from Nov. 30 to Dec. 11 this year. The Alliance will provide a fleet of 200 EVs to shuttle delegates to the annual conference. It will be the first time the U.N. will use a zero-emission fleet for its entire passenger car shuttle at a COP event.