The funky Renault Megane eVision concept car from final fall is at the moment out testing in manufacturing guise, and Renault on Thursday confirmed the car because the Megane E-Tech Electrical.
It would go on sale in markets the place Renault operates beginning in 2022, and produce with it a brand new brand for the French model. The teaser shot beneath reveals the rear of the car and the brand new brand.
Teaser for Renault Megane E-Tech Electrical due in 2022
Teaser for Renault Megane E-Tech Electrical due in 2022
A teaser displaying the inside additionally hints at what’s prone to be a digital sprint, with a digital display serving because the instrument cluster and a second display because the infotainment hub.
The Megane E-Tech Electrical is a compact crossover primarily based on the CMF-EV modular platform for future battery-electric automobiles from the Renault Nissan Mitsubishi Alliance. We’ll see the platform debut domestically within the Nissan Ariya small crossover due out later this 12 months as a 2022 mannequin.
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The Megane E-Tech Electrical can greatest be described as a tallish hatch, much like the lately revealed Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Chevrolet Bolt EUV. The taller top is because of a raised ground holding the battery, which within the authentic Megane eVision idea is a 60-kilowatt-hour unit. Anticipate one thing comparable for the manufacturing model.
Wanting once more on the specs of the idea, anticipate a single electrical motor on the entrance axle producing roughly 217 hp and 221 lb-ft of torque.
Renault Megane eVision idea
The size of the car must be about 165 inches, making it comparable in dimension to the current Megane hatchback. The car is not a substitute for the present Megane, nevertheless. Intead it kinds a part of an prolonged Megane household.
The Megane E-Tech Electrical is not the one EV that we all know is within the works at Renault. The French automaker can be creating a subcompact hatch previewed by the 5 Prototype unveiled in January and billed because the religious successor to the basic R5 (referred to as the LeCar within the U.S.).