Renault’s upcoming 5 EV was first conceptualized in 2021, but the production car isn't due to appear until the second half of 2024. WIRED got behind the wheel of an early prototype. Here's are our thoughts:
At this early stage, the 5 has a little trouble putting its power down on the snow. Its wheels fire out more grunt than the traction tech can deal with as you move off, but once you’re up to speed, it settles. Prototypes are there to tune the tech, of course, and the more advanced of the two prototypes unsurprisingly handles the job better.The new Renault 5 will use a brake-by-wire system developed in conjunction with Continental.
Given the early nature of the cars, there is no way to know how things are faring in the cabin—the instrument cluster is there for speed only. Godinot is not forthcoming either, as that aspect of the 5 is still being worked on. This early flirtation with the future of Renault’s EV offering is to show its prowess on snow, not to share data. “It’s just too soon. We don’t want to raise expectations, so for now it’s a secret,” he says.
With the deadline for the end of internal combustion approaching, EVs are naturally gaining popularity. And as more people decide to make the switch, the choice of available cars, and the competition, grows. Renault is banking on existing fans of the 2021 concept; the halo effect of the model’s past glories; and people of a certain age remembering, misty-eyed, the good times they had in the original.
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