Renault Electric Cars

[Andrew*Debbie]

Renault is going to build a full line-up of production electric cars. They will be showing the concept cars at Frankfurt. Car goes on sale in about 2 1/2 years.

This won't be the first modern French electric production vehicle. PSA-Citroen built electric Berlingo vans until 2005.

I'll post more in this thread after the 17th.


http://www.renault-ze.com/uk/?WT.srch=1

[rehostman]

Just remember that in hell the mechanics are french.

[Andrew*Debbie]

In hell the mechanics are french.

I owned a Renault once. Terrible.

[Elias]

Not a fan of Frenchie cars at all I would definately pass on this.:thumbdwn:

[Andrew*Debbie]

There will be 4 cars in the range.

The Twizy is a tiny 2 seat city car smaller than a Smart. I doubt the production car will have much in common with the concept. If it does it will be one of the most bizarre looking cars on the road. Top speed is 46mph and range is 60miles.


The second is an electric van based on the popular Kangoo. This won't be all that different then what Citroen did with the Berlingo although the advertised range is a better.

The Zoe is a 2 door coupe. Advertised range is 100 miles and top speed is 87mph.

Fluence is a 4 door family sedan. 100 mile range. A PV array in the roof powers the Air Conditioning. I doubt that will make it to the production version.

More later.

[Andrew*Debbie]

Twizzy and Zoe.

Headlights are an LED array.

http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=202111&stc=1&d=1253436176


More Zoe Z.E.

http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=202112&stc=1&d=1253436176

http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=202113&stc=1&d=1253436174

[Andrew*Debbie]

The Kangoo ZE van is based on the current production Kangoo Van. They've improved the aerodynamics and lowered the ride hight compared to the standard van. Also changes so it matches the rest of the ZE concept cars. I've included a photo of what the real production Kango electric is likely to look like. Charge time is 6 hours from a wall socket or 3 hours from a dedicated charger. There is also a 3 minute battery pack swap option. That is something a fleet operator could use.