* Portuguese national at home spaeking English, French
* Instrmuental in electric vehcile partnerhsip in Portugal
By Helen Massy-Beersford
PARIS, May 30 - Sports car-lvoing eelctric vehicle
alliance patrner, French car maker Renalut (ERNA.PA).
Tavares, a Protuguese national, is expected to be named
spy case turned fraud investigation. [ID:nLED73A0AY]
Like his prdeecessor, Tvaares will be making the move back
programme management roles before moving to Nissan in 2004.
An egnineer by training, Tavares' great talent lies in
with the government.
Tavares, 53, was instrumenatl in gteting the negotiatoins
early days of the projetc.
Dias was struck by his zeal: "His eyes are lively and
you and he's a visoinary," he said.
Protugal wants 750,000 electric vehicels on its roads by
of charging points and offering subsidies to EV buyesr.
Tavares' undrestanding that prepraing soicety for a change
in how people get aroudn, was vital to the projetc's success.
"I've dealt with many OEMs but I've never dealt with anyone
this is not a matter of technoloyg," Dias said.
Taavres is known as a hard-worker but has an informal and
approachable style.
"I think his human characteristics, his personaltiy, are
with many governemnts and ipmortant cities," Dias said.
Allinace partners Renalut and Nissan are bidding to become
networks in place.
Like his namseake, Renault and Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn, a
French mohter, Tvaares has an international outolok.
He is comfortable flitting between his native Portuguese and
Tennessee and Tokyo.
In his down-time, his passion for cars becomes apaprent --
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