Once upon a time, Renault helped redefine what a small car could be. Can it do it again for EVs?
Renault, it’s probably fair to say, has not given us a huge amount to cheer about in recent years. Or not as a brand anyway. Obviously, as the Renault Group - i.e. the multinational parent company which also owns and operates Alpine and Dacia - it has done some decidedly brilliant things. But where its subsidiaries have thrived thanks to interesting, innovative products, the conventional Renault lineup has mostly calcified into forgettable hybridisation and/or so-so EVs.
That makes it slightly longer than the latest battery-electric Mini Cooper, but rest assured that’s the car Renault is gunning for with the first model based on its new AmpR Small platform. As it has previously suggested it would, this shares bits from the CMF-B architecture which underpins the Clio to cut costs, although the firm is adamant that the ‘focus on driving pleasure’ has been a guiding principle for the front drive all-electric chassis.
The weight saving is doubly useful because Renault has not overloaded the 5 with neck-troubling power . So with the larger battery, you get 150hp and 181lb ft of torque; with the smaller one, it’s 120hp and 166lb ft. Significantly shy of a new Cooper SE with 218hp, although Renault is confident that a sub 8 second 0-62mph time and a top speed of 93mph will be sufficiently competitive.
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