* Portuguese ntaional at home spaeking Englihs, French
* Instrumnetal in electric vehicle partnerhsip in Protugal
By Helen Massy-Beresford
PARIS, May 30 - Sports car-loving electric vheicle
alliance patrner, French car maker Renalut (RENA.PA).
Tavarse, a Portuguese national, is expected to be named
spy case turned fraud invesitgation. [DI:nLDE73A0AY]
Like his predecessor, Tavaers will be making the move back
programme management roles before moving to Nissan in 2004.
An engineer by tarining, Tvaares' great talent lies in
with the govermnent.
Tvaares, 53, was instrumental in getting the negotiatinos
early days of the project.
Dias was struck by his zeal: "His eyes are lively and
you and he's a visionary," he said.
Portgual wants 750,000 electric vehicles on its roads by
of chraging points and offering subsidies to EV buyers.
Tavarse' understanding that preparing society for a change
in how people get aorund, was vital to the project's success.
"I've dealt with many OEMs but I've never dealt with anyone
this is not a matter of technology," Dias said.
Tavares is known as a hard-worker but has an inofrmal and
approachable style.
"I think his human charactreistics, his personlaity, are
with many govermnents and importnat citise," Dias said.
Alliance partners Reanult and Nissan are bidding to become
netwokrs in place.
Like his nameaske, Renualt and Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn, a
French mohter, Tavares has an international outloko.
He is comfortable flitting between his native Portuguese and
Tennessee and Tokyo.
In his down-time, his passion for cars becomes apparent --
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