Launched in 2012, this ultra-compact electric vehicle can easily solve all traffic problems in densely populated cities. Unlike anything else, the appearance of this “baby” and excellent dynamic performance make Renault Twizy very nimble and noticeable to everyone, even in the narrowest places. Let's take a closer look at this interesting specimen.
The only pity is that this super-compact car will not come to Russia. It is successfully sold in Europe, but only in the southern regions and resort countries. In Moscow, it would be useful to many.
First impression
Renault Twizy is one of the first mass-produced electric cars from a well-known French manufacturer. A car with an unusual and rather bizarre, atypical for many, appearance immediately catches your eye. Doors lift up instead of opening as usual.
The body is very compact - the length is only 234 centimeters, and this baby is 124 centimeters wide. Everyone who saw this mini-car for the first time was sure that the French made it for one passenger. But it's not. A distance of 124 centimeters should be enough for two people.
To drive this car, you must have an open category "B" in the driver's license. But in the series there is a younger brother of an electric car with less power, which does not require a license to drive.
What is surprising is the wheels. With a body of this size, they look simply huge, although their diameter is only 15 inches. Of the features, mirrors can be distinguished. They are equipped with heating. However, with regard to adjustments, here the French decided to save money. All settings are fully mechanical. Even more - to adjust the mirror, the engineers did not provide any handles. It is necessary to press with your fingers in the direction in which you want to turn the mirror. This is inconvenient, but this is not a simple car, so you have to put up with it. The wheels rotate due to the power plant, the power of which is 5 or 17 horsepower. Here it must be said that this is a city car designed for civilized Europe. Europeans are very concerned about road safety and are ready to endure any speed limit for it.
Appearance
This is perhaps the most interesting. The front part is distinguished by two round headlights-eyes. Between them placed a chrome logo. The windshield of small dimensions is cleaned with only one wiper. On the front there is a small hatch. Under it is a reservoir where windshield washer fluid is poured. There is also a cable with an ordinary plug for a household outlet.
The same plug on all modern household appliances is convenient. The doors of this electric car open very unusually even for Europeans. And they open up, like racing cars. To do this, you need to press a special handle in the cabin (there are no familiar elements on the outside of the doors).
Salon
The interior is very ascetic. Upon closer examination of the interior, it seems that the most expensive thing is the steering wheel. He's really stylish. But this is Renault, they could do something more interesting and rich. The poverty of the cabin is somewhat reminiscent of the Ukrainian ZAZ Tavria - it is almost the same there, but more spacious, motorists note. The interior is painted blue. By this, the French automaker emphasizes that the car is as environmentally friendly as possible.
Among the features is a digital panel. But you can not look for a radio tape recorder in the car - it is not there. The French believe that a European motorist should not listen to music. So safer.
Governing bodies
Under the feet are two pedals. It's gas and brake. There is also a parking brake handle. It must be pulled towards you. One interesting note is that the parking brake completely locks the car until the driver puts the key in the ignition again. Renault Twizy has no windows and the door is very easy to open from the street. Therefore, this option is very relevant. And do not think that cars are not stolen in Europe - the statistics say the opposite.
On the right side of the steering wheel is a control lever for the wiper and for heating the glass. It may be needed by the driver during rains. Then the glass will not fog up. To the left of the steering wheel are the lighting controls, as well as a switch responsible for sound signals, including special signals. What is it for? The fact is that the car is completely silent when driving, and the creators thought that with the sound turned on, pedestrians would be able to hear it. There is also a button to turn on the emergency stop signal and a shift lever. There is also a dashboard in the car, or rather the main screen - it displays the gear, battery status, current speed, charging distance and current time.
Drawers and glove boxes
On the right you can find a small glove box - there is an instruction manual for Renault Twizy. The review of the interior and options can be completed here. There is nothing more interesting. By the way, the "glove box" is easily blocked with a key. In Europe, not only cars are stolen, but, just like in Russia, things are stolen. On the left, there is also a small box, and in it is a 12 V cigarette lighter for charging gadgets. But it should be remembered that this is not the best way to affect the battery.
seats
The driver's seat is surprisingly hard and ... rubber, or something. It is very difficult to sit on it for a long time. But this is a city car, the manufacturers will say, - the car is not designed for long trips. And this is a fact. As for the back row, the rear passenger will have to be much worse than the driver.
The passenger gets into a plastic box. To comfortably sit in this compact car from the rear, you need to spread your legs so that they can hug the driver's seat. And behind - only plastic and nothing else. The only soft thing is the seat. Landing is somewhat reminiscent of a motorcycle. Just don't put your feet down. In front of him, the rear passenger will see the headrest of the front seat and nothing more.
Now back to the driver's seat. There is a quite ordinary and familiar car steering wheel with the company logo. The chair, thanks to the developers, has two adjustments - back and forth. This is done to make the inside of the machine at least a little comfortable. It is convenient to leave the salon of this microcar in any conditions. Vertically opening doors provide plenty of room for tight parking lots and tight spaces.
600 parts: reliability itself
Now this is very practical. The engineers who worked on the creation of a mini-electric car seriously declare that there are only 600 parts in the car design that can wear out or somehow rub against each other. This is about the same as in the cylinder head of any gasoline car. Frequent trips to maintenance, which car owners love so much, Renault Twizy is not needed. The machine does not require serious maintenance at all.
This electric car was born in the minds of the developers with one single purpose - just to drive. At the same time, an electric car drives at quite practical speeds - not like in Moscow. The average speed in the center of Moscow is no more than 20 km/h. Faster only on a bicycle, but a little more comfortable on the Tweezy. The most serious motor from the Urban 80 series produces only 57 Nm of torque. But they are available right from scratch. Therefore, with a weight of 300 kg, together with the driver and passenger, as well as the battery, the little car is able to accelerate quite briskly. About the same as trolleybuses.
About motor
And now the most interesting thing about Renault Twizy - technical specifications. But more precisely, the information about the motors. The car is equipped with a 3CG asynchronous electric motor. Its power is 11 horsepower. There are other types of motors.
The lithium-ion battery stores the amount of energy that is enough for a 100 km run. At the same time, you can charge the battery anywhere, the main thing is that there are household sockets. The full charge process takes about three hours.
Test Drive
The moment of launch is not audible - only the hum of the engine is felt by the ears. The volume of the hum is very dependent on how the driver presses the pedal. The weight of the car is small, so the Renault Twizy electric car picks up speed quickly. When driving, it seems that this is not a car, but rather a scooter. You can get into any cracks on the road. Driving this car is not easy. There is no brake booster, hydraulic or electric power steering. And one could turn a blind eye to these things, if not for one big "but" - this is a suspension. It is excessively rigid, and together with the plastic seats without any upholstery, it literally breaks the back.
But the car holds the road and enters the turns well. This is an unusual and very interesting offer for all those who constantly travel on one specific route ... and do not live in Russia. Here it is - Renault Twizy. Test drive cars are available in Germany and throughout Europe. Suddenly someone wants to try the electric car in action.
Prices and reviews
In Europe, automakers are not forcibly selling electric vehicles. They are well aware that there are not yet all the necessary infrastructure for these machines. But personal electric vehicles are still for sale.
In Germany, 2,708 people have already bought a Renault Twizy. The cost of ownership in terms of rubles is from 440 thousand rubles (although this is the price for an uncleared car). In Europe, an electric car is offered at a price of seven thousand euros, which is very cheap compared to the same "Smart" from a well-known German company. The advantages of the French city car are many, even if we discard excessive asceticism and lack of comfort. It is environmentally friendly, simple, runs on cheap fuel. Reliability is also quite high. The width of the body is only 1.19 m. It can be driven everywhere. And this pleases the owners of Renault Twizy. Reviews about the mini-car are only positive, although in Russia they did not understand the car.
So, we found out what design, interior and technical characteristics this electric car has.
On the Russian market. Then it was only about corporate transactions, so the exact prices were not indicated (the larger the ordered batch, the lower the price of one electric car), and only one Moscow dealer was certified to place orders. Since then, less than a dozen tiny Renault Twizy electric cars and Kangoo Z.E. Now anyone can buy these machines.
Base Renault Twizy
Until now, the only "official" electric car on the Russian market has been the Mitsubishi i-MiEV hatchback for 999 thousand rubles - a small but full-fledged car with ABS, air conditioning and "music". Against this background, the microcar seems greatly overestimated: for the basic version of Urban with an 11 hp electric motor, a two-seat interior and a driver's airbag, but even without doors, they ask for 799 thousand rubles! Surcharge for doors - 27 thousand, and for a simple audio system - 28 thousand. The Trend version for 919 thousand differs only in alloy wheels, decor and the presence of a radio. And then there is Twizy Cargo - with a luggage compartment instead of a rear seat: it holds 200 liters of luggage and has a lockable door in the stern of the car. At the same time, such a delivery electric car costs more than a Gazelle - 959 thousand rubles.
Renault Twizy Cargo
On a single charge of the lithium-ion battery, Twizy can travel about 100 km. The recharge time from a household outlet is 3.5 hours, and the maximum speed is 80 km/h.
Electric Renault Kangoo Z.E. has a 60-horsepower electric motor and a battery with a capacity of 22 kWh. Passport mileage on a single charge is up to 170 km, although they showed that in reality in urban conditions it turns out 80-120 km. It will take 11 hours to replenish the energy reserve from the outlet, the maximum speed is 130 km / h. And the prices… The base van Kangoo Z.E. with a carrying capacity of 625 kg costs at least 2 million 289 thousand rubles, although the standard equipment already includes one airbag, a stabilization system, air conditioning, an audio system and heated seats. The long wheelbase Maxi version can take on board 595 kg and costs from 2 million 359 thousand. And there is also a passenger modification with a long base, a glazed body and a five-seat interior at a price of 2 million 419 thousand rubles.
Renault Kangoo Z.E.
Ordinary gasoline Kangoos are no longer sold in Russia, but, say, similar Peugeot Partner “heels” will cost almost half the price! As the four-year-old Auto Review experiment showed, Kangoo Z.E. in Russian conditions, it paid off in at least three years, he needs to drive 140 km daily. That is, the battery capacity should be one and a half times more, but then it will charge one and a half times longer! In addition, in Moscow realities, you can drive 140 km either in two shifts (then there will certainly not be time for charging), or at night, however, in this case, the car will have to be charged during the day, and this is four times more expensive.
Cargo-passenger Renault Kangoo Z.E. maxi
However, Renault does not count on a large volume of sales, and car sharing and electric taxi services are seen as the main buyers. Sales and maintenance of electric vehicles will be handled by dealers in four Russian cities: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sochi and Kazan. Applications are already open.
- a small, two-seater electric car. In the world, this car took first place among sales of electric vehicles.Renault Tweezy electric carmanaged to sell as many as 15,000 pieces. Extremely low if you look at total car sales worldwide, and quite a lot if you look at sales of other electric vehicles.
In Russia, this car began to be sold in 2016. But so far everything is clear. Twizi failed in our country as an electric car, and even more so as a normal car. There are many reasons for this, but more on that later.
Renault Twizy design controversial, to put it mildly. A car with such a design is a bold decision, because for the majority it will not work. Even more. It won't fit almost anyone. It hurts interesting it has a design both inside and out.
Interior
If among the cars they made a table that indicates the level of elaboration salon , then Tweezy was on the same level with ZAZ 968, he is also “humpbacked”. Two pedals, as on cars with automatic transmission.
Steering wheel with the necessary switches. To the left of the steering wheel is an emergency light button and an automatic transmission operation switch. Automatic transmission is loudly said, but about the technical features further. On the right is a glove box that closes with a padlock. There is another one, but it is already without a lock. The handbrake is in the manner of the early 24th Volga - a "poker" to the left of the steering wheel.
There are no air ducts here, since there is not only an air conditioner, but also an ordinary stove (1: 0 in favor of the “humpbacked one”). There is only one door handle and it is located in the cabin.
There is no need to worry about how to open the doors, since there are simply no glasses, and the doors themselves do not lock (and why?). An alternative to air conditioning has been found. What can I say if the doors themselves are an option. In the basic configuration, the car goes without them.
Separately, it is worth noting the suspension and seat settings - driver and passenger.The suspension is set up well, you can't fault it. The car is stable at maximumvehicle speed at 80 km/h.
But this stability is achieved at the expense of convenience. You will feel every crack on the pavement. This is facilitated by plastic seats with polyurethane pads. You can drive in them for a maximum of 30 minutes without pain. Pay attention to how the passenger seat is made. Think there's not enough legroom in a sports coupe? No matter how! Against this monster, the coupe is a limousine. As planned by the designers, the rear passenger should wrap their legs around the driver.
There is a suspicion that an adult man simply will not get in there, and a woman in a skirt will not even try. What's left? Small child? Have pity.The pedal assembly deserves special praise. Peculiarity of this car is that it has no amplifiers, moreover, even a cable brake. And this means that you need to push hard, and the Twizy will slow down weakly.
The trunk, as the plant claims, is 200 liters. A lot, but where does such a volume come from? Hard to tell. Only one thing is clear. If you put your things in the back seat, then when braking, they will be under your feet. But here Tweezy's brake comes to the rescue. It is unlikely that you will be able to brake sharply.
Exterior
If there's anything even more controversial about this car than the interior, it's certainly the exterior. For most people, this design causes an undisguised grin, someone sneaks into laughter. Someone considers him a freak. There are those units to whom the appearance may seem cute and pretty. But one thing is for sure - it is very unusual and controversial.
External difference between optionsurban Renault Twizy in Urban configuration, Kargu and Trend did not notice any difference. Unless the trend has a larger list of available options and options wheels. There is no difference in the body.
Specifications
Technical characteristics of the car Renault Twizynot so disappointing. The 6.5 kW battery allows, according to the manufacturer, to drive 100 km in quiet mode, 50 km in more active mode, although much will still depend on the ambient temperature.
Engine power - 11 liters. with., which quite allows you to disperse the car to a speed of 80 km / h. Atdescription of some parameters and characteristics of the car Renault Twiziwe mentioned automatic transmission. So here she is not. To drive in reverse, the polarity of the voltage supply to the electric motor is simply reversed, which causes it to work in the opposite direction.
According to the manufacturer, it is suitable for the transport of goods. This is wrong. There is simply no trunk as such, especially with a volume of 200 liters. OnRenault Twizy Cargo Cargoit won't work, it's not even worth trying.
Spare parts for Renault Twizyyou won't find. And there is nothing to break there, except for the battery. On full charge it will take 5-6 hours from a 220 volt outlet.
Equipment and prices
And now the main thing is the price. All these shortcomings could be forgiven for a car if it had a completely affordable price. But on Renault Twizy price is from 799,000 rubles. And thisRenault Tweezy electric car pricein the cheapest configuration, in which there are not even doors.
Renault Twizy car price in Russiagreatly overpriced, which will simply kill all possible sales. Add here the fact thatyou do not buy, but rent for approximately 50 euros per month. And despite the fact that with the Russian climate, this car stands most of the time because of this, it is extremely impractical.
Renault in Russia generally made a mistake by releasing to the Russian marketRenault Twizy and Renault Kangoo Z.E.since the climate and the material condition of people will not allow the development of the idea of electric cars, moreover, people are not mentally prepared for such cars.
To wash your conscience before mother nature, sleep peacefully and at the same time drive an average diesel car, it is enough to plant just one deciduous tree. The calculation is very simple. A two-liter modern diesel engine spits out about 2000 kg of spent harmful elements from the periodic table into the atmosphere. It is this trail that every motorist leaves behind in a year. At the same time, any deciduous tree in Moscow processes about two tons of harmful gases during the summer. Therefore, talk about the saving role of electric vehicles in the evolution of mankind is greatly exaggerated. But life goes on, and in Greek "life" sounds nothing more than zoe.
New Renault Zoe in Russia: rides longer, costs more
Since 2012, people have bought about 50,000 Renault Zoe electric cars and this is not the most popular electric car, although it is among the ten most bought. The main claim to it is the price and a small power reserve. Zoya costs around 33 thousand euros, depending on the configuration (excluding the state loyalty program, the size of which is different in different countries), and the distance between sockets that an electric car can cover is no more than 240 km according to technical specifications. In life, no one has yet managed to cross the 170-kilometer barrier, since ideal conditions exist only in the calculations of engineers. Nevertheless, in September 2016, a modernized and improved car was shown as part of the Paris auto show. The main subject of improvements was a battery with a capacity of 40, and according to some reports, 42 kW / h. This battery can provide a range in real conditions of at least 300 km, and according to the utopian NEDC cycle, even 400 km.
This, of course, is not all the changes that the electric car has received. Renault added two new body colors to the range, bright red and intense gray, the machine received as an option new wheels with a two-tone design with a diameter of 16 inches. Also, for a surcharge, you can order not only snow-white, but also pale blue interior. There is also a new edition1 package, which features a more expensive interior, full leather trim and a premium audio system from Bose. On the technical side, the car has also become better - it received not only a new battery from LG, but also an improved electric motor. It has become lighter and more productive. The operating modes of the air conditioner have become even more economical, and in the recovery modes, the battery has become even more actively recharged.
And in general, more than a dozen improvements were sent to save electricity, even the LED head optics received new LED elements that consume less electricity. The battery is still not for sale, but is leased by the company, but if you really want to save money, then you can take not a new 40-kilowatt battery, but an old one, at 22 kW / h. The new electric car has been on sale since October 1 in Europe and it costs 2.5 thousand euros more. Officials are not yet talking about the start of sales in Russia, but more recently, two of the most popular renoshny electric vehicles have become available to private owners - Tweezy and the electric Kangoo.
Renault Zoe 2016-2017 model year: specifications, photos
"X-ray" photograph of Renault Zoe gives an idea of the device of an electric car
Zoe was conceived not as a futuristic concept or an expensive toy (like the same Tweezy), but as a full-fledged ground vehicle adapted to the real life of the average European. In 2008, the project was called X10, but it was not destined to become a pioneer. The first was the controversial but more popular Nissan Leaf. Only Nissan does not shine with design, and Renault Zoe is truly beautiful. More precisely, it is more in line with the public's ideas about an electric car. The car was drawn by the author of the Megan RS project and the Master van, Jean Semeriva, and the final touches to the appearance of the electric car were personally made by the chief designer of Renault Laurens van den Acker. The designers managed to distance the Renault Zoe from the Clio as much as possible, and in many respects they achieved this thanks to the introduction of “eco-philosophy”, a slightly cinematic idea of what an electric car should be like inside and out. Although the front panel matrices, in principle, do not differ from the same Clio, there will be many details in the cabin that will remind you of it.
Oddly enough, Renault Zoe and Leaf have much less in common than you might think. Their layout is indeed very similar, but in an electric car with a huge battery it would be difficult to build the architecture of components and assemblies in a different way. It's good, it's bad, but Nissan is more productive than Zoya. The Renault battery consists of a dozen modules, each of which contains 16 cells, and Nissan had a larger battery before the update, and after the update about a year ago it began to show 30 kW / h. Nissan's synchronous electric motor has a return of 110 horses, while Renault has only 88 horsepower. Otherwise, it is easy to guess that Renault Zoe is built on the modernized Renault Clio platform. The differences are only in the suspension and they are due to the fact that the trolley has become 250 kg heavier due to the battery. Therefore, the front suspension on MacPherson struts had to be installed on a subframe from Megan, and the rear torsion beam had to be strengthened.
But with a 120-mm clearance, the center of gravity of the electric car has become lower by 30 millimeters, the track is wider, which means that the car has become more stable. Nevertheless, the electric motor assembly with inverter and charger weighs no less than a standard gasoline or diesel engine with automatic transmission. A fly in the ointment, it turns out, was made by the charger, which could be eliminated if the charging method for all electric cars was standardized.
Life between two sockets. Test drive Renault Zoe
Simple salon of minimal size
The electric car received a very simple interior, but at the same time quite spacious and ergonomic. The layout features and the location of the battery affected the convenience of landing the rear passengers - unlike the Clio, they will not be able to stretch their legs under the front seats, there is simply no room now. And the front row of seats has also changed. The seat profiles are not very comfortable, although the seat with integrated headrests is soft and adjustable this way and that. The steering wheel is exactly the same as on the Clio, but the displays, even according to the law of the genre in eco-cars, should be different. Colored, bright, with rich graphics, a bunch of special effects. There are two displays - one in front of the driver acts as a dashboard. The second is on the center console. The branded R-link multimedia system works quickly and pleasantly, the colors are saturated and delight the eye with spring green environmentally friendly tones.
Only even an advanced multimedia system will not be able to distract from the obviously cheap plastic from which the front panel is made in the Renault Zoe of inexpensive trim levels. An air ionizer in the cabin, a flavoring agent, and a proprietary navigation system were squeezed into the composition of the multimedia system.
One of the multimedia screenshots will also tell about the maniacal environmental friendliness - it will show the level of air pollution that people have to breathe outside the car. But the toxicity sensor is not installed here in vain - as soon as the air becomes unacceptably dirty, the ventilation ducts and air ducts are automatically blocked. Breathe clean air.
Rear row Renault Zoe
In addition, the air conditioner works together with the heater in a completely different way. It is called a heat pump, but in fact, it is an ordinary air conditioning system that is installed in every office, a standard split system. They say that it is much more efficient than a conventional heating element and, in addition, saves electricity. True, in terms of settings, it is more complicated and reacts much more sensitively to changes in the weather overboard. However, the main task of every electric gadget and system on board the Renault Zoe is to extend the driving time, increase the range, and save as much as possible. Here even the rubber is special, specially designed for the Renault Zoe by Michelin. The tires on the EnergyEV model should increase charge-to-charge mileage by as much as 6%. This was achieved due to softer sidewalls and lower rolling resistance, and the grip properties were not affected.
According to the owners, the energy consumption was about 15-16 kW / h per hundred kilometers in the urban cycle, which is 6-7 kW / h less than that of the Nissan Leaf. True, so far this is theoretical and not entirely clear to a motorist unprepared for electricity. For example, everyone understands how to refuel a gasoline or diesel car. But what about the electric car? There are several options here:
- the battery can be charged in about eight hours to 100% capacity, for this you can use either a regular household outlet or a special wall charger;
- accelerated charge mode - in this case, it is necessary to use the services of a special gas station, charging will take from 10 to 30 minutes until the battery is full capacity;
- the most extreme option, but also the fastest, is battery replacement, however, this is possible only in special service centers, which are not very numerous in Europe either.
Under the hood, little is pleasing to the eye of an ordinary motorist
Of course, there are certain inconveniences, even significant ones. For example, on a Renault Zoe you can’t drive further than 200 km from the outlet, otherwise you will have to get to electricity in tow, and the second important factor is the price. The fact is that at the dawn of electromobilism, manufacturers were talking with might and main that they were optimizing the cost of dysprosium (metal for the manufacture of electric motors), but in fact its price had increased by almost 18 times. This, of course, affects the price of an electric car. In addition, in Europe, each of the owners of electric cars pays a monthly rent of about 80 euros per battery, so that, taking into account the price of gasoline and diesel fuel, the operating cost of a car with an internal combustion engine and an electric car is almost identical. Considering the cost of electricity...
Video: Renault Zoe test drive
So the struggle for the survival of an electric car will continue until their maintenance costs become less than the usual cars with internal combustion engines, and as long as oil is still pouring from the wells, and not dripping, it is hardly possible to expect more loyal prices in the near future.
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Updated Renault Zoe 2017-2018 - photos and videos, price and specifications, technical specifications of Renault Zoe, a French electric car that received a powerful ZE 40 traction battery (capacity 41 kWh), which allows you to cover a distance of 300 km in real operating conditions, and a wider list of options. The world premiere of the upgraded Renault Zoya took place at Renault's home in early October 2016. Exhibition copies of Renault Zoe showed off with a promising 400 km inscription, but, alas, such a mileage for an electric car is only available at the NEDC (New European Driving Cycle) stand. Acceptance of orders for the updated Renault Zoe in Europe started on October 1, 2016, price ranges from 22,100 euros for the version with a 22 kWh battery and from 24,900 euros for an electric car with a more powerful 41 kWh battery.
The cost of an electric car may seem high, but it is not final. Depending on the country in which the electric car is purchased, there is a bonus from the state for using a car that does not pollute the environment. In France it is 6,300 euros, in Germany 5,000 euros, and in the UK over 4,000 pounds. However, the traction battery is available to the buyer exclusively on the basis of leasing. For mileage up to 5000 km per year from 49 to 69 euros per month (contract for more than 36 months or for 12 months), for mileage up to 12500 km 79-99 euros, respectively, and for mileage up to 30000 km 142-162 euros per month. Here is the arithmetic.
Such tricky and confusing calculations with the manufacturer do not prevent the Renault Zoe from entering the top 10 best-selling electric cars in the world. Produced, by the way, since 2012, the French electric car Renault Zoya in 2015 was awarded the title of the best-selling electric car in Europe, and by the end of June 2016, the car was sold in different parts of the world with a circulation exceeding 50,000 copies.
What is so attractive to modern motorists in the electric Renault model with the original name ZOE? Stylish and attractive body design of a five-door hatchback with sporty notes: an ideal body in terms of aerodynamics with organic lines, rear door handles stylishly hidden in glass frames, massive but devoid of heaviness bumpers, elegant LED headlights and uniquely stylish LED position lamps. Let's add 9 power enamel colors to the asset of the model: Arctic White, Glacier White, Calico Grey, Neptune Grey, Iceberg Blue, Lightning Blue, Diamond Black, Intense Red and Titanium Gray (the last two are new), steel 15-inch wheels with stylish hubcaps and 16-17 inch alloy wheels with original pattern design.
- The external dimensions of the 2017-2018 Renault Zoe body are 4004 mm long, 1730 mm (including external mirrors 1945 mm) wide, 1562 mm high, with a 2588 mm wheelbase and 120 mm ground clearance.
- The front wheel track is 1511 mm, the rear wheel track is 1510 mm.
The compact five-door hatchback electric car, despite the modest external dimensions of the body, has a very roomy interior that can comfortably accommodate the driver and four passengers, as well as a trunk designed for 338 liters of cargo volume with the standard position of the rear seat backs. When the split backrest of the second row is folded down, the luggage compartment is ready to take up to 1225 liters of cargo, provided that it is loaded under the roof.
The neat interior of the electric car makes a very pleasant impression thanks to high-quality finishing materials (a blue interior and even an Edition One package with leather trim are available as an option), a laconic design of the front panel and center console, comfortable first-row seats and cozy rear seats. There is a digital instrument panel, a large steering wheel, an R-Link multimedia complex with a 7-inch color touch screen (music, telephone, TomTom navigation and R-Link Store), a convenient air conditioning unit with intuitive controls. As options, a rear-view camera and parking sensors, Arkamys and Bose audio systems (3D Sound), rain and light sensors, exterior mirrors with automatic folding function. There is nothing superfluous in the cabin, and the equipment is installed in the right and accessible places.
Specifications Renault Zoe 2017-2018. The electric car is driven by an electric motor (92 hp 220 Nm), an automatic transmission and a ZE 40 traction battery (capacity 41 kWh) from LG. During the goal, the electric car will also be available with the old 22 kWh battery.
The new battery in real driving conditions allows you to drive up to 300 km, and the old less capacious only 160 km.
The time for replenishing the supply of electric fuel directly depends on the capacity of the charger and ranges from 30 minutes to 9 hours. By the way, you can refuel a car both at home from a household outlet and on the streets of European cities, where there are a lot of electric gas stations (long charging from a low-power charging station is free, express charging costs money, about 10-15 euros).
