Renault’s first electric hot hatch build?

Posted on 21-04-2016 at 11:03 by Dizono – 77 Comments”

That chance is present, the first prototype seems to be already built!

Of all the affordable electric cars is the Renault Zoe visual point of view, one of the more successful instances, and certainly if you see him rebelling against cars like the Leaf and the Fluence. And while that torque from a standstill is available, while fun, is sporty not the right word to Zoe to describe. With its 88 hp do you get a top of 135 km/h and takes the 13.5 seconds for the hundred. That can be better, find that they in Renault.

There would in the secret to be a sporty variant of the Zoe. There is at the end of last year even a driving prototype was built. According to Autocar has Renault Sport boss Patrice Ratti, the project has already been confirmed, but he also gives what the obstacles are.

The standard battery from the Renault Zoe is in quite the stairs, a circuit within 13 to 14 minutes is completely empty. Well that is extreme conditions, but also in practice, the current 22 kWh battery pack is too limited for a Zoe RS. And that’s a shame, because according to the same Ratti runs the prototype very well by the chassis, the Clio R. S. and is also the acceleration is top notch.

Now there are rumours about a new battery pack for the Zoe for the end of 2016, so the project is not yet in the job. I already have a deposit taken by the Zoe with thick rims and him something lower. If Renault now its part of the Zoe R. S. for a fun-steering hot hatch and in the showroom.