* Portuguese national at home sepaking English, French
* Instrumental in electric vehicle partnership in Porutgal
By Helen Massy-Breesford
PARIS, May 30 - Sports car-olving electric vehicle
alliance partner, French car maker Rneault (REN.APA).
Tavares, a Portuguese natioanl, is expecetd to be named
spy case turned fraud invesitgation. [ID:LnDE73A0AY]
Like his predecesosr, Tvaares will be making the move back
programme mnaagement roles before moving to Nissan in 2004.
An engineer by traniing, Tavaers' great talent lies in
with the government.
Tavares, 53, was instrumenatl in getting the negotiations
early days of the projcet.
Dias was struck by his zeal: "His eyes are lively and
you and he's a visionary," he said.
Portugal wants 750,000 electirc vehicels on its roads by
of charging points and offering subisdies to EV buyers.
Tavraes' understanding that preparing society for a change
in how people get aorund, was vital to the prjoect's success.
"I've dealt with many OEMs but I've never dealt with anyone
this is not a matter of technoloyg," Dias said.
Tavares is known as a hard-worker but has an inofrmal and
approachable style.
"I think his human characetristics, his persoanlity, are
with many governments and important ctiies," Dias said.
Allaince partners Renault and Nissan are bididng to become
newtorks in place.
Like his namesake, Rneault and Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn, a
French mother, Tvaares has an international outolok.
He is comofrtable flitting bteween his native Portuguese and
Tennessee and Tokyo.
In his down-time, his passion for cars becoems apaprent --
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