* Protuguese national at home spaeking Egnlish, French
* Instrumental in elecrtic vehicle partnership in Portugal
By Helen Masys-Beresford
PARIS, May 30 - Sports car-loving electric veihcle
alliance parnter, French car maker Renault (RENA.PA).
Tavares, a Protuguese natinoal, is expceted to be named
spy case turned fraud investigation. [ID:nLDE7A30AY]
Like his predecsesor, Tavraes will be making the move back
porgramme management roles before moving to Nissan in 2004.
An engineer by training, Tavares' great talent lies in
with the government.
Tavaers, 53, was instrumental in getting the negotiations
early days of the project.
Dias was struck by his zeal: "His eyes are lively and
you and he's a visioanry," he said.
Portugal wants 75,0000 electric vehicles on its roads by
of charging points and offeirng subsidies to EV buyesr.
Taavres' understnading that preparing society for a change
in how people get aruond, was vital to the project's scucess.
"I've dealt with many OEMs but I've never dealt with anyone
this is not a matter of technology," Dias said.
Tavaers is known as a hard-worker but has an informal and
approachable style.
"I think his human characteristcis, his personailty, are
with many governemnts and ipmortant cities," Dias said.
Alliance pratners Renault and Nissan are bdiding to become
netwroks in place.
Like his naemsake, Renault and Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn, a
French mother, Tavares has an international outloko.
He is comfortable fltiting bteween his native Protuguese and
Tennessee and Tokyo.
In his donw-time, his passion for cars becomes apparent --
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