Those of Renault, better and with more autonomy
Since its commitment to electrified vehicles in 2011, Renault is a more than interesting brand for everything that has to do with the electric car, which has more and more better and more autonomous. Thus, in that direction for EVs in October 2011, the first two electric cars were included in the Renault ZE range, the Fluence ZE and Renault Kangoo ZE.
These, initially, were classified as low-cost electric so that, later, in March 2012, Renault launched the famous Renault Twizy and Zoe, which arrived in 2014 to revolutionize the industryand which is today one of the most present electric cars today.
Instead, the planning, the strategy and the trust in its technology, have to allow the brand of the rhombus to manufacture a million electrified until 2030. All this is included in the strategic plan that the French group has dubbed eWays ElectroPop, which is an ambitious roadmap whose main objective is to make electric cars affordable and popular. To do this, all of Renault’s technology for the manufacture of batteries and electric motors plays a crucial role, also for greater autonomy.
The top of the longest running
Until now, the price, the lack of infrastructure, the recharging times and the limited autonomy have emerged as the main causes of the slow multiplication of vehicles equipped with this technology on our roads.
However, its incessant development has already allowed us to see 800 V electric cars, a charging network with ultra-fast stations (350 kW) every 200 kilometers on the road, or batteries that promise to last up to two million kilometers. But,what maximum autonomy can offer electric Renault models today? What are your tours?
Renault ZOE (390km)
The long-lived Renault ZOE has recently undergone a variation in the offer available in Spain, ceasing to be available with batteries for rent. Until then it was the only car on the Spanish market that offered this possibility.
We currently give it with what is called the ZOE R110, which has an electric motor that develops 100kw (the equivalent of 135 hp) and a 52 kWh battery with which Renault homologates up to 390 kilometers of autonomy. Its starting price is from 31,212 euros with added brand promotional discounts (here its technical sheet).
This one that equips 50kW batteries, for its part, also offers more possibilities in terms of recharging by introducing direct current (DC) charging. It also now provides greater driving pleasure by introducing a more efficient engine.
Renault Mégane E-Tech electric (470 km)
Without a doubt, one of the most plausible electric cars of the moment, and with which the best brand has been seen, also because it is the latest and recently released. We are talking about the Mégane E-Tech, a pure electric standout that is framed as one of the great and most protagonists of its class, and it is not for less.
With characteristics similar to the Volkswagen ID.3, this Mégane is a compact sedan that debuts the CMF-EV modular platform, also from Renault, and of which it reaches up to a autonomy of up to 470 kilometers. It arrives very well endowed with technology with the incorporation of OpenR, a new system developed with Google and based on Android Automotive OS.
This version is associated with the engine 96 kW (130 hp), which allows it to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 10.5 seconds and reach 150 km/h. Its price starts at 41,700 euros.
Electric Twingo E-Tech (180km)
Going down to models of lower benefitswe have the Twingo, which has become 100% electric, where its most affordable version, the Zen, is priced at €13,065 if discounts and the MOVES III Plan are included.
In it, the electric variant of the Renault Twingo is equipped with an electric motor with 83 hp and a 22 kWh capacity battery that gives it a range of about 180 kilometers in WLTP cycle. To highlight the 22 kW on-board charger that allows recharging in AC in a short time.
This car is a micro-urban that does not reach 3.6 m in length, that turns around in two spans of land and with a nice interior finished in hard plastics that does not hesitate to admit that it is built for a reasonable price. .