French automaker Renault introduced its plan for the subsequent 5 years and it contains 7 new electrical vehicles to hit the market.

Certainly one of them needs to be based mostly on this new Renault 5 electrical prototype.

Renaulution

Renault is a frontrunner in electrification in Europe because of its very talked-about Zoe electrical automobile.

Nevertheless, they should add new electrical fashions to their lineup because the competitors is lining up new entries.

Right this moment, the French automaker unveiled its plan for the subsequent 4 years referred to as ‘Renaulution’ and it entails 7 new all-electric automobiles:

“By 2025, Renault will launch 14 core automobiles. 7 will likely be full-electric, 7 will likely be within the C/D section. All of our new fashions can have an electrical or hybrid model.”

The corporate is saying the plan as “a transition to an vitality model.”

Luca de Meo, CEO Groupe Renault, commented on the announcement:

“At Renault, we embrace the waves of disruption and create our personal ‘Nouvelle Imprecise’. It’s about bringing modernity to the automotive trade. We’ll transfer to an vitality model, strengthening our EV management with the Electro Pole challenge and investing in Hydrogen, aiming at reaching the greenest combine in Europe by 2025. We’ll even be a tech model, by way of in-house innovation and thru the Software program République, an open ecosystem devoted to develop a European experience in key fields akin to knowledge or cybersecurity. This can give us a aggressive edge as a service model, with high-tech related companies, onboard & offboard. And this imaginative and prescient of modernity, we anchor it in France. As a result of as a model, we all know our soul and our energy lie in our origins.”

The corporate additionally talked about turning into extra of a ‘tech model’ as an alternative of an automaker as a part of the transition.

Renault 5 Prototype

Together with the announcement, Renault unveiled a brand new electrical prototype referred to as the Renault 5.

The electrical automobile relies on the basic Renault R5, nevertheless it encompasses a fashionable twist:

The automaker didn’t launch any spec for the automobile and as an alternative targeted on the design.

Gilles Vidal, Renault Design Director, commented:

“The design of the Renault 5 Prototype relies on the R5, cult mannequin of our heritage. This prototype merely embodies modernity, a automobile related to its time: city, electrical, engaging.”

Luca de Meo added that the brand new automobile embodies Renault’s new plan:

“The brand new R5 is the Nouvelle Imprecise: it’s strongly related to its historical past, and but it’s the longer term, making electrical vehicles in style.”

For now, a timeline hasn’t been shared to launch a manufacturing model of the brand new idea electrical automobile.

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