Renault 5

Same here, I was expecting something interesting but just a load of nonsense.

just watched a video there - pause it around 3.33

0-62 on the 95hp is 12s

122hp is 9s

150hp is 7.9s

In contrast ID3 is 7.3s

I thought given its size this would be a bit nippy - hmmm would need to test drive it just to see how it feels but figures on paper don’t look great do they? No doubt the 150hp version won’t be chape

Also- range:

40kw is 300km

52kw 400km

Again the ID3 58kw is 423km range

Sounds like the advertised (going on newspaper predictions not actual Renault official prices which I don’t think are released yet) base price which will likely be sub 30k will be for a poor power and range car

ah yeah but it doesn’t have the nostalgic appeal and look of the new R5- I’m very surprised it’s so small in the back

Never saw myself driving an EV but could really be tempted by one of these, depending on price

This is retro done well. I wonder will they drop a petrol hybrid option in? As Fiat are struggling with the 500e and are being forced into fitting one.

Looks beautiful…glad they haven't moved to far away from the classic R5...Renault have really stepped up their game I think recently..love the look of the SUV Austral and the new Raphelle as well...

Unlike the Megane and Scenic, the 5 doesn't seem to have regen paddles. This seems like a pretty big omission. The Hyundai Inster which is smaller and likely cheaper than the 5 does have paddles.

But The market hasn’t and isn’t fully ready for electric. Meanwhile these companies must make a profit on their investment rather than selling to a small niche. Empty sound bites about “the future” are just that

Far as I’m aware that applies to straight ICE engines so petrol/diesel hybrids will still be sold which is where the market has been going anyhow

That's wishful thinking, there is no ICE ban in 2030, Germany, Poland and I think France rejected the ban because they know it's not practical and will decimate the European auto industry.

E>U idiot politicians can't grasp the fact that EV tech isn't cheap enough or offers enough range and recharge times are sh*t and won't change a lot in 2030. Not everyone wants to drive an expensive ecobox.

Millions of people have no home charging and would have to rely on DC charging and that isn't going to happen.

If more manufacturers offered a Rex type system of big battery and small petrol generator like the i3 then it would have converted a lot more people but the price of all the tech is too expensive. Not many people now are willing to pay 30+ K for a new car, both petrol and diesel car prices are gone to insane territory as manufacturers focus on large cars with too much tech.

Rex system means far less dependence on a public charging infrastructure. But Manufacturers had to make BEV cars to gain more carbon credits so they could produce more ICE cars, mad.

what do you need regen paddles for?

Yeah different strokes for different folks.

Some cars set once and all that but if you want more regen going down a hill for example you have to change some setting.

People like myself who live in a house without a driveway, and there are many many homes like this, can't reasonably use an electric car. With nowhere to charge it, we'd be breaking all sorts of rules trailing cables across a footpath. As it stands, I can only buy an ICE car, so I would hope they'd come out with an ICE version (though I know it's unlikely).
Electric is great, where it suits. Unfortunately, for a sizeable portion of the population, it just doesn't work.

These people are insane.

https://www.friendsoftheearth.ie/act/we-need-a-planning-bill-that-blocks-lng/

I bet these people think electric cars are going to save the planet and I bet he ignores how lithium and cobalt are mined and the environmental damage done as a result, this is before it's even sent to factories in China…..

The fact is we need gas for millions of homes and business and whether it comes from domestic supplies or foreign can't change the fact that we need xxx amount of Gas we need xxx amount of gas, not forgetting electricity production too !

These NGO's shouldn't be influencing Government policy in relation to energy or any other department and shouldn't be given any airtime either.

What would be good to influence friends of the earth and others is to cut Ireland completely off all oil based fuels and products including gas and see what happens.

However, I won't argue against them when it comes to plastic !

It's far from lazy. Councils have been quick to give out about various means of charging outside the house. They have said anything that could incur an injury, the householder is rightly liable. Until their is an agreed upon means for people in houses without a driveway, you are only potentially opening yourself up to being brought to court.

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I'm pretty sure I saw one being dropped in to the local Renault dealer this morning - definitely a smallish Yellow car, so possibly the one in the Video above.

It was coming out of a covered trailer and I had to get in to the office, so didn't get a chance to wait around and see what it was, but I'm fairly sure it was the new Renault 5.

I wonder if all dealers got one, or are Renault touring one or two of them around the various dealers, as some manufacturer's have started to do?

I wouldn't complain about rear seat size, my brother had one in the 80s and we'd barely fit in that.

I don't think anyone expects a 4 adult carrier.

Twingo will be better, smaller outside but near as large inside at about 5k euro less. Then the age of the affordable electric car will truly have arrived.