Is the Renault Zoe Star Wars edition the electric car for Han Solo?
Product tie-ins for Star Wars: The Last Jedi seem to have hit the market just in time for the holidays — along with the movie you’ve probably just seen — but there’s already a car that pays homage to next year’s Solo: A Star Wars Story. This is the creatively named Renault Zoe Star Wars edition.
The Renault Zoe is an electric car sold primarily in Europe (Boston-based nuTonomy has used them for autonomous test cars), but its maker seems to think it has the right name to have some tie-in with the expanding Star Wars franchise. Renault last sold cars in the US in the 1980s, possibly because lots of money was spent on getting Americans on board with the pronunciation of the French brand.
For the record, the Zoe was Europe’s best-selling…
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