The battery-powered Renault Megane E shall be “one of the aggressive electrical vehicles on the earth” when it arrives within the first half of subsequent 12 months, CEO Luca de Meo stated.
The compact EV would be the first Renault available on the market constructed on the automaker’s new CMF-EV architecture developed with alliance accomplice Nissan and the primary mannequin to be fitted with the automaker’s new L-shaped digital dashboard and cockpit.
Teaser images launched by Renault present a high-tech inside design impressed by dashboards utilized in Renault concept cars such as 2020’s Morphoz.
The inside styling shall be utilized in different new Renaults, the automaker’s design chief, Gilles Vidal, stated throughout a web-based presentation on Thursday.
“You will notice substantial modifications to [Renault] interiors beginning with the brand new Megane E,” he stated.
De Meo stated throughout the presentation: “It is the primary product of a brand new period for the model. It appears to be like good and drives fantastically. We’re bullish in regards to the product.”
The display will incorporate Google Cloud providers under an agreement between Renault and the U.S. expertise firm introduced final 12 months. The brand new model of the Kadjar compact SUV, anticipated subsequent 12 months, may even use the providers, de Meo stated.
The display features a “hidden” air vent that permits Renault to current a close to seamless transition between the driving force’s show and the central infotainment display.
Vidal additionally confirmed a rearview image of the Megane E depicting using a ‘coast-to-coast’ gentle strip becoming a member of the 2 rear lamps. The strip is punctuated by a redesigned model of Renault’s lozenge brand.
The automobile is designed to really feel massive inside, Vidal stated. “We labored lots on storage and virtually as a way to improve that bodily expertise [of space]’ he stated. “The EV platform will assist us.”
The Megane E will compete with vehicles such because the VW ID4 SUV and develop Renault’s EV providing into an even bigger phase. At present Renault sells the Zoe small electrical hatchback and a battery-powered model of its Twingo minicar.
Renault’s Dacia model can be about to begin gross sales in Europe of the Spring EV minicar.
The Megane E was previewed by the Megane eVision idea in October, which de Meo stated was 95 p.c of what the Megane E would seem like. The automobile had a 217 hp electrical motor. The CMF-EV platform may be fitted with 40 kilowatt-hour, 60kWh or 87kWh battery pack, which shall be equipped by LG Chem. With a 60 kWh battery, the vary is 450 km (280 miles), Renault stated.
The CMF-EV platform will also underpin the Nissan Ariya SUV, which works on sale in Europe on the finish of the 12 months.
The Megane E is anticipated to be unveiled on the IAA in Munich in September.