French automaker Renault is going to be among the many to put an all-electric vehicle into production in the very near future. The concept you see above is tentatively called the ‘Zoe’ and will likely see the light of day in 2012. Sounds fairly standard, right?
Well a woman named Zoe Renault isn’t too happy with the choice of name for Renault’s new EV. In fact she’s so upset that Renault is using her name, she is suing the company! The 23 year old has hired lawyers that are demanding Renault drop the name and come up with something else. Apparently Zoe (the human) could not bear the thought of people saying “Zoe broke down” or “We need to get Zoe overhauled”.
What’s even more ridiculous is this isn’t even the first time that Renault has been sued for using the name Zoe. They used it back in 1995. Nothing ever came of the lawsuit.
Renault has only stated that the name “Zoe” is not a definite choice as other names are still being thrown around in their marketing department.
[MSN Autos]